Current Affairs July 2023

Read Monthly Current Affairs, Latest Current Affairs from 1st July 2023 to 31st  July 2023 (Current Affairs July 2023) for UPSC, IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS, SSC, Railway, UPPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, TNPSC, MPSC, KPSC and other competition exams. 

Q 1. Which country has become the new permanent member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization?

A) Iran
B) Nepal
C) Mongolia
D) Belarus

Q 2. Which Country won the title of South Asian Football Federation Championship 2023?

A) Kuwait
B) India
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Iran

Q 3. Who has been appointed as the chief selector of the Indian men’s cricket team?

A) Virender Sehwag
B) Venkatesh Prasad
C) Ajit Agarkar
D) Akash Chopra

Q 4. Who launched the ‘Bharat6G Alliance’ in New Delhi?

A) Narendra Modi
B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Amit Shah
D) Ashwini Vaishnav

Q 5. In which country the first IIT campus outside India will be set up?

A) Tanzania
B) Kenya
C) South Africa
D) Namibia

Q 6. Who has been named the AIFF Men’s Players of the Year 2023?

A) Sunil Chetri
B) Lalianzuala Changte
C) Ravi Dahiya
D) Deepak Kumar

Q 7. Which is most peaceful country in the world according to the global peace index 2023?

A) New Zealand
B) Denmark
C) Iceland
D) Ireland

Q 8. With which country did the Indian Navy conduct an 11-day military exercise in Kochi?

A) France
B) Australia
C) UK
D) USA

Q 9. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate wildlife friendly highway projects?

A) Chhattisgarh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Assam
D) Odisha

Q 10. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission?

A) Justice Ajay Agarwal
B) Justice AP Sahi
C) Justice Deepak Kumar Mishra
D) Justice Ramesh Sinha

Q 11. Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director by the Reserve Bank of India?

A) PK Sinha
B) Rajiv Kumar
C) P. Vasudevan
D) Urjit Patel

Q 12. Who is the champion of FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23 season?

A) Australia
B) India
C) Belgium
D) Netherlands

Q 13. In which country is the Ubinas Valcano located, due to which emergency has been declared there?

A) Peru
B) Argentina
C) Chile
D) Brazil

Q 14. Who has become the first Indian to win gold in the recurve category of the Youth World Archery Championships?

A) Limba Ram
B) Partha Salunkhe
C) Atanu Das
D) Jayant Talukdar

Q 15. Which Indian Badminton player has won the title of Canada Open?

A) P. Kashyap
B) B Sai Praneeth
C) Lakshya Sen
D) K Shrikant

Q 16. Where is the 3rd Trade and Investment Working Group meeting, under the G20 chairmanship of India, being held?

A) Surat
B) Ahmedabad
C) Gandhi Nagar
D) Kevadia

Q 17. In which country a national health emergency has been declared due to ‘Guillain-Barre syndrome’?

A) Peru
B) Cuba
C) Chile
D) Brazil

Q 18. ‘Lord Hanuman’ has been declared as the official mascot of which championship?

A) Cricket Asia Cup
B) Asian Athletics Championship
C) Davis Cup
D) Cricket World Cup

Q 19. With which country India has started bilateral trade in rupees?

A) Bhutan
B) Nepal
C) Bangladesh
D) Sri Lanka

Q 20. Ekmara project is related to which state?

A) West Bengal
B) Jharkhand
C) Assam
D) Odisha

Q 21. Where will the India-Africa International Coarse Cereals Conference be held in Aug-2023?

A) Nairobi
B) New Delhi
C) Cape town
D) Pune

Q 22. The World Investment Report is released by which organization?

A) World Bank
B) UNCTAD
C) IMF
D) World Economic Forum

Q 23. Where was India’s first Vedic-themed “Ved Forest Park” inaugurated?

A) Banaras
B) Gaya
C) Noida
D) Surat

Q 24. Who won the “Employer Brand of the Year Award” at the ASSOCHAM Business Excellence Awards 2023?

A) NTPC
B) Indian Railway
C) Coal India
D) NMDC

Q 25. Bastille Day parade will be held in which country?

A) France
B) Germany
C) UK
D) Poland

Q 26. World Population Day observed at which day?

A) 10th July
B) 11th July
C) 9th July
D) 7th July

Q. 27. Who has become the first Indian to be named the ‘Best Asian Under-20 Male Athlete of the Year’?

A) Selva Prabhu Thirumaran
B) Avinash Sable
C) Murli Sreesankar
D) Eldoz Paul

Q. 28. JIMEX Maritime Exercise 2023 was organized between the Navy of India and which country?

A) Germany
B) Japan
C) France
D) USA

Q. 29. What percentage of GST has been fixed on ‘Online Gaming’ in the 50th meeting of GST Council?

A) 5%
B) 18%
C) 28%
D) 12%

Q. 30. What is the rank of India in the world’s most powerful armies as per Global Firepower report?

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth

Q. 31. Which State/UT has launched the Mobile-Dost-App?

A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Delhi NCT
D) Haryana

Q. 32. The ministry of defense has approved the purchase of how many Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Navy?

A) 24
B) 26
C) 32
D) 22

Q. 33. Which Indian has won the silver medal in the Para athletics world championships 2023?

A) Rupesh Kumar
B) Arjun Sinha
C) Nishad Kumar
D) Vinay Awasthi

Q. 34. With whom has the defense ministry tied up for safe and nutritious food for the armed forces?

A) DRDO
B) CSIR
C) Ministry of Agriculture
D) FSSAI

Q. 35. Which country’s highest award ‘Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour’ was awarded to PM Modi?

A) France
B) UAE
C) Australia
D) Germany

Q. 36. Which Indian won the first gold in 100m hurdles at the Asian Athletics Championships?

A) Hima Das
B) Jyoti Yaraji
C) Dutee Chand
D) MR Poovamma

Q. 37. Who has become the 17th Indian to Score a century in his debut test match?

A) Shubhman Gill
B) Ishan Kishan
C) Yashasvi Jaiswal
D) Shardul Thakur

Q. 38. Chandrayaan-3 Mission has been launched, who is the project director of the mission?

A) S Somanath
B) K Sivan
C) C Venugopal
D) P Veeramuthuvel

Q. 39. Who won the men’s title of Wimbledon Grand Slam 2023?

A) Carlos Alcaraz
B) Andy Murray
C) Rafael Nadal
D) Novak Djokovic

Q. 40. Who has recently released the ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index’?

A) Finance Commission
B) NITI Aayog
C) RBI
D) Ministry of Education

Q. 41. IIT Delhi is going to open its first Global campus in which city?

A) Dubai
B) Kuwait City
C) Abu Dhabi
D) Tehran

Q. 42. In which state of India the annual ‘Bonalu Festival’ was organized?

A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Karnataka
D) Telangana

Q. 43. Congress leader Oommen Chandy has passed away, he was the former Chief Minister of which State?

A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka

Q. 44. Who has become the first unseeded female player to win the Wimbledon Grand Slam?

A) Ons Jobeur
B) Marketa Vondrousova
C) Barbora Strycova
D) Ankita Bhambri

Q. 45. Which state has secured the first position in NITI Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2022?

A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Uttar Pradesh

Q. 46. PM Modi inaugurated the Integrated Terminal of Veer Savarkar International Airport, in which state/UT?

A) Maharashtra
B) Puducherry
C) Lakshadweep
D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Q. 47. Which state’s cabinet has recently approved two ‘Obra D’ thermal power projects?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Maharashtra

Q. 48. Which country will host the ASEAN conference on Traditional Medicine in 2023?

A) Thailand
B) India
C) Indonesia
D) Vietnam

Q. 49. Which country recently launched ‘Methane Liquid Oxygen Fuel Space Rocket’?

A) India
B) USA
C) China
D) Japan

Q. 50. What is India’s rank in the medal tally at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023?

A) First
B) Fourth
C) Second
D) Third

Q. 51. Which team won the Duleep Trophy 2023 title?

A) South Zone
B) Central Zone
C) North Zone
D) West Zone

Q. 52. ‘Lambani Art’ is related to which State?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Bihar

Q. 53. When is Nelson Mandela Day Celebrated Annually?

A) 10th July
B) 16th July
C) 18th July
D) 14th July

Q 54. What is the rank of Indian passport as per Henley Passport Index 2023?

A) 80th
B) 90th
C) 75th
D) 81st

Q 55. In which country ‘International Defense Exhibition 2023’ will be organized?

A) India
B) South Korea
C) Singapore
D) Japan

Q 56. Where was the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held?

A) Bhopal
B) Mumbai
C) Gandhi Nagar
D) Lucknow

Q 57. From which city the Women’s Tri-services Motorcycle Rally was flagged off to mark the 24th Kargil Vijay Diwas?

A) Srinagar
B) Kolkata
C) Pune
D) New Delhi

Q 58. When is International Chess Day celebrated annually?

A) 20th July
B) 22nd July
C) 19th July
D) 21st July

Q 59. Who has been elected as the new Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha?

A) Harivansh Singh
B) S Phangnon Konyak
C) Prakash Javadekar
D) Piyush Goyal

Q 60. Who has been appointed as the 25th Director General of Indian Coast Guard?

A) Rakesh Asthana
B) Nitin Agarwal
C) Rakesh Pal
D) Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen

Q 61. Who was become the 10th cricketer to play 500 matches in international Cricket?

A) Rohit Sharma
B) Steve Smith
C) Kane Williamson
D) Virat Kohli

Q 62. India has signed an agreement with which country for joint development of semiconductor ecosystem?

A) Japan
B) South Korea
C) USA
D) Sweden

Q 63. Which ministry has won the “Best Engagement” award for procurement through GeM portal?

A) Ministry of Health
B) Ministry of Coal
C) Ministry of Agriculture
D) Ministry of Education

Q 64. Who has become the second longest serving Chief Minister in India?

A) Nitish Kumar
B) Mamta Benerjee
C) Naveen Patnaik
D) Shivraj Singh Chauhan

Q 65. India has handed over the corvette ‘INS Kirpan’ to which country?

A) Philippines
B) Indonesia
C) Cambodia
D) Vietnam

Q 66. In which state ‘Mission Shakti Scooter Scheme’ has been approved?

A) Odisha
B) Goa
C) Rajasthan
D) Chhattisgarh

Q 67. Which state had the highest crime rate against scheduled caste group in the year 2021?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Assam

Q 68. How many medals has India won the World Para Athletics Championships 2023?

A) 8
B) 12
C) 10
D) 15

Q 69. Where will the Global Food Regulators Summit 2023 be held?

A) Kuala Lumpur
B) Manila
C) Vienna
D) New Delhi

Q 70. Madhya Pradesh government has recently launched ‘Just ask’ chat bot in association with whom?

A) UNFPA
B) UNICEF
C) UNCTAD
D) IMF

Q 71. Bonalu festival is related to which State?

A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Odisha
D) Karnataka

Q 72. ‘LIama 2’ AI platform has been launched by which company?

A) Google
B) IBM
C) Meta
D) Apple

Q 73. Where was the regional office of Universal Postal Union (UPU) opened?

A) Chennai
B) Mumbai
C) Kolkata
D) New Delhi

Q 74. What is the largest office building in the world?

A) Surat Diamond Bourse
B) Pentagon
C) Bombay Stock Exchange
D) Shanghai Stock Exchange

Q 75. With whom has the Indian Navy signed a MoU to revive the ancient ‘Tankai method’ of shipbuilding?

A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Culture
C) Ministry of Defense
D) Ministry of Education

Q 76. Who become the youngest person in the world to cross the North Channel?

A) Mana Patel
B) Sandeep Sejwal
C) Anshuman Jhingran
D) Srihari Nataraj

Q 77. Who has recently been appointed as the Director General of RPF?

A) Samant Goel
B) Praveen Srivastava
C) Rakesh Pal
D) Manoj Yadav

Q 78. Which state will get India’s first ‘Satellite Network Portal Site’?

A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh

Q 79. When Income Tax Day is celebrated every Year?

A) 21st Aug
B) 24th July
C) 22nd July
D) 30th June

Q 80. Who has recently become the first woman to lead the US Navy?

A) Shay Heaver
B) Jennifer William
C) Lisa Francetti
D) Christine Grist

Q 81. Where will the 5th Helicopter and Small Aircraft Summit be held?

A) New Delhi
B) Bengaluru
C) Gurugram
D) Gwalior

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Answers:

1-Ans. A) Iran
2-Ans. B) India
3-Ans. C) Ajit Agarkar
4-Ans. D) Ashwini Vaishnav
5-Ans. A) Tanzania
6-Ans. B) Lalianzuala Changte
7-Ans. C) Iceland
8-Ans. D) USA
9-Ans. A) Chhattisgarh
10-Ans. B) Justice AP Sahi
11-Ans. C) P. Vasudevan
12-Ans. D) Netherlands
13-Ans. A) Peru
14-Ans. B) Partha Salunkhe
15-Ans. C) Lakshya Sen
16-Ans. D) Kevadia
17-Ans. A) Peru
18-Ans. B) Asian Athletics Championship
19-Ans. C) Bangladesh
20-Ans. D) Odisha
21-Ans. A) Nairobi
22-Ans. B) UNCTAD
23-Ans. C) Noida
24-Ans. D) NMDC
25-Ans. A) France
26-Ans. B) 11th July
27- Ans. A) Selva Prabhu Thirumaran
28- Ans. B) Japan
29- Ans. C) 28%
30- Ans. D) Fourth
31- Ans. A) Jammu and Kashmir
32- Ans. B) 26
33- Ans. C) Nishad Kumar
34- Ans. D) FSSAI
35- Ans. A) France
36- Ans. B) Jyoti Yaraji
37- Ans. C) Yashasvi Jaiswal
38-Ans. D) P Veeramuthuvel
39- Ans. A) Carlos Alcaraz
40- Ans. B) NITI Aayog
41- Ans. C) Abu Dhabi
42-Ans. D) Telangana
43- Ans. A) Kerala
44- Ans. B) Marketa Vondrousova
45- Ans. C) Tamil Nadu
46- Ans. D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
47- Ans. A) Uttar Pradesh
48- Ans. B) India
49- Ans. C) China
50- Ans. D) Third
51- Ans. A) South Zone
52 Ans. B) Karnataka
53- Ans. C) 18th July
54-Ans. A) 80th
55-Ans. B) South Korea
56-Ans. C) Gandhi Nagar
57-Ans. D) New Delhi
58-Ans. A) 20th July
59-Ans. B) S Phangnon Konyak
60-Ans. C) Rakesh Pal
61-Ans. D) Virat Kohli
62-Ans. A) Japan
63-Ans. B) Ministry of Coal
64-Ans. C) Naveen Patnaik
65-Ans. D) Vietnam
66-Ans. A) Odisha
67-Ans. B) Madhya Pradesh
68-Ans. C) 10
69-Ans. D) New Delhi
70-Ans. A) UNFPA
71-Ans. B) Telangana
72-Ans. C) Meta
73-Ans. D) New Delhi
74-Ans. A) Surat Diamond Bourse
75-Ans. B) Ministry of Culture
76-Ans. C) Anshuman Jhingran
77-Ans. D) Manoj Yadav
78-Ans. A) Gujarat
79-Ans. B) 24th July
80-Ans. C) Lisa Francetti
81-Ans. D) Gwalior