Current Affairs May 2023

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

Q.1. When is world Press Freedom day observed?

A) 20th May
B) 3rd May
C) 7th May
D) 12th May

Q.2. What is the name given to the cyclone that the India Meteorological Department predicts to hit India’s Eastern Coast?

A) Cyclone Mocha
B) Cyclone Tauktae
C) Cyclone Vayu
D) Cyclone Jawad

Q.3. Which Artificial Intelligence Company launched ‘PI Chatbot’?

A) Google Inc
B) Microsoft
C) Inflection AI Inc
D) Tesla

Q.4. The Ministry of Home Affairs introduced which grain in the meals of the Indian Armed Forces?

A) Oats
B) Barley
C) Wheat
D) Millet

Q.5. Which University is hosting Y20 Seminar on “Shared Future: Youth in Democracy and Governance”?

A) Manipur University
B) Delhi University
C) Madras University
D) Calcutta University

Q.6. What rank did India acquire in the World Press Freedom Index 2023?

A) 141
B) 161
C) 155
D) 151

Q.7. Which Hollywood actor will receive Honorary Palme d’Or Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2023?

A) Tom Cruise
B) Martin Sheen
C) Michael Douglas
D) Jack Nicholson

Q.8. With whom has the reserve bank of India launched the Global Tech Competition ‘G20 TechSprint’?

A) State Bank of India
B) World Bank
C) IMF
D) Bank for International Settlements

Q.9. India has signed an MoU with which country for industrial research and development cooperation?

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

Q.10. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of ‘Vizag Tech Park’, being set up by which group?

A) Adani Group
B) Reliance Group
C) Tata Group
D) Aditya Birla Group

Q.11. Which company has recently got the telecom license in India?

A) Meta
B) Zoom
C) Tesla
D) RailTel

Q.12. Where was the meeting of foreign minister of Shanghai Cooperation organization (SCO) held?

A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Ahmedabad
D) Goa

Q.13. When is world Athletics Day celebrated?

A) 7th May
B) 5th May
C) 9th May
D) 8th May

Q.14. Who has become the first cricketer in IPL history to score 7000 runs?

A) Rohit Sharma
B) Virat Kohli
C) Shikhar Dhawan
D) David Warner

Q.15. Where did Defense Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurate the Heritage Center of the Indian Air Force?

A) Gwalior
B) Delhi
C) Chandigarh
D) Bareilly

Q.16. India Post has signed MoU with whom for logistic Service?

A) Gati-kintetsu
B) American Express
C) Blue Dart
D) Confederation of All India Traders

Q.17. Which press organization has been awarded Pulitzer Prize for wartime coverage?

A) The Associated Press
B) BBC World
C) Washington Post
D) New York Times

Q.18. Which metro service in the country has introduced paper tickets with QR codes?

A) Kolkata Metro
B) Mumbai Metro
C) Delhi Metro
D) Kochi Metro

Q.19. India jointly inaugurated the Sittwe Port with which country?

A) Bangladesh
B) Oman
C) Iran
D) Myanmar

Q.20. Indira Gandhi Mahila Samman Nidhi Yojana is related to which State?

A) Chhattisgarh
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Maharashtra

Q.21. Chithirai Festival / Chithirai Thiruviza is the Main Festival of Which State?

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

Q.22. Who wrote the book “Secret History of caste in the Labyrinths of Law”?

A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Manoj Mitta
C) Chetan Bhagat
D) Keshav Kumar

Q.23. According to the Internet in India Report 2022, which state has the highest internet access in India?

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

Q.24. Who has become the new President of World Bank?

A) Kristalina Georgieva
B) Motek Singh Ahluwalia
C) Katherine Russell
D) Ajay Banga

Q.25. Vanessa Hudson has become the first female CEO of which Airline Company?

A) Air India
B) Vistara Airline
C) British Airways
D) Qantas Airways

Q.26. When is Coal Miners Day Celebrated?

A) 4th May
B) 9th May
C) 1st May
D) 6th May

Q.27. The central government has launched Vishwas-1 scheme to provide relief to MSMEs from the controversy. It is related to which Ministry?

A) Ministry of Home Affairs
B) Ministry of Finance
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Education

Q.28. Who has won the Football Hero Super Cup 2023?

A) Goa FC
B) Bengaluru FC
C) Odisha FC
D) Kolkata FC

Q.29. Which ministry has launched the learning management information system ‘Saksham’?

A) Ministry of Health
B) Ministry of education
C) Ministry of Home Affairs
D) Ministry of MSME

Q.30. Which State has introduced a new policy named state robotics framework?

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

Q.31. India has provided a one billion dollar credit line to which country for essential imports?

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

Q.32. Ministry of culture and MyGov have launched a singing talent hunt by which name?

A) Young Singer
B) Sur Sangram
C) Singing Glory
D) Yuva Pratibha

Q.33. When is National Technology Day celebrated annually?

A) 11th May
B) 10th May
C) 12th May
D) 15th May

Q.34. Where will the 6th Indian Ocean Conference be held?

A) New Delhi
B) Dhaka
C) Colombo
D) Jakarta

Q.35. Which Indian player has won a bronze medal in ISSF World Cup 2023?

A) Manu Bhaker
B) Apurvi Chandela
C) Rhythm Sangwan
D) Priyanka Singh

Q.36. With whom ministry of AYUSH has tied up to promote integrated health research?

A) AIIMS
B) Ministry of Health
C) Ministry of Education
D) ICMR

Q.37. Which actor has been included in the Indian team as an ambassador for the Special Olympics Trip to Berlin?

A) Ayushmann Khurrana
B) Ranbir Singh
C) Amitabh Bachchan
D) Akshay Kumar

Q.38. When is International Nurses Day observed annually?

A) 10th May
B) 12th May
C) 14th May
D) 16th May

Q.39. At which airport in India, the country’s first reading lounge has been opened?

A) Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi
B) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi
D) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai

Q.40. Who will become the new CEO of Twitter?

A) Allan Musk
B) Jack Darcy
C) Parag Aggarwal
D) Linda Yaccarino

Q.41. NASA partners with which technology Company for a new Geospatial Foundation Model?

A) IBM
B) Microsoft
C) Google
D) Oracle

Q.42. Which country is now India’s 3rd largest exporter as per commerce Ministry’s Survey?

A) USA
B) Netherlands
C) France
D) UAE

Q.43. How much money Foxconn Interconnect technology has laid out for Telangana’s Electronics Facility?

A) $ USD 400 Million
B) $ USD 450 Million
C) $ USD 500 Million
D) $ USD 600 Million

Q.44. Which Team won the 13th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2023?

A) Hockey Odisha
B) Hockey Delhi
C) Hockey Jharkhand
D) Hockey Haryana

Q.45. The Chief Minister of which state has been honored with the 13th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) West Bengal
D) Haryana

Q.46. Who has written the book “Draupadi Murmu: From Tribal Hinterlands to Raisina Hills”?

A) Neha Murmu
B) Kasturi Ray
C) Shashi Kond
D) Minali Jayant

Q.47. Who has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize 2023 for the International Reporting?

A) BBC News
B) Republic India
C) The New York Times
D) The Times of India

Q.48. Tungnath Temple is Located in which State?

A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Bihar
D) Uttarakhand

Q.49. Which become the first state in India to implement ‘right to walk’?

A) Punjab
B) Delhi
C) Gujarat
D) Tamil Nadu

Q.50. India’s first pod taxi will be run in which state?

A) Telangana
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Karnataka

Q.51. ‘Gita Karmikula Bima’ scheme has been started by which state Government?

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

Q.52. Who was the winner of World Chess Championship 2023?

A) Magnus Carlsen
B) Vishwanath Anand
C) Ian Nepomniatchi
D) Ding Liren

Q.53. Bihan Mela is related to which State?

A) Odisha
B) Bihar
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Jharkhand

Q.54. Who was appointed as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission?

A) Kamlesh Neelkanth Vyas
B) A K Mohanty
C) T Shivraman
D) Kamaljit Singh

Q.55. Who has written the book “MADE IN INDIA:75 Years of Business and Enterprise”?

A) Suman Beri
B) Shakti Kant Das
C) Amitabh Kant
D) Man Mohan Singh

Q.56. Recently which country has given legal recognition to euthanasia (permission to self-death)?

A) India
B) France
C) Italy
D) Portugal

Q. 57. Who is appointed as First Woman President of Competition commission of India (CCI)?

A) Ravneet Kaur
B) Parineet Kaur Badal
C) Rekha Sharma
D) Kavya Madhawan

Q. 58. First Indian Cricketer who’s scored Hundred in Test, ODI, T20I and IPL in a Calendar Year?

A) Yashshawi Jaiswal
B) Shubhman Gil
C) Virat Kohli
D) Ishan Kishan

Q. 59. Which Country Host G-7 Summit 2023?

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

Q. 60. World’s Hypertension Day 2023 observed on which day?

A) 16th May
B) 18th May
C) 19th May
D) 17th May

Q. 61. Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for 27th time, reclaiming the record for most submits of the world’s highest mountain belong to which Country?

A) Nepal
B) India
C) Bhutan
D) China

Q. 62. Who’s Newly Appointed as new Law Minister?

A) Kiren Rijiju
B) Arjun Ram Meghwal
C) Santosh Gangwar
D) Anurag Singh Thakur

Q.63. Who has recently sworn in as the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission(UPSC)

A) Smita Nagraj
B) Rajiv Nayan Choubey
C) Manoj Soni
D) Preeti Sudan

Q. 64. Which state government has recently announced a new scheme named ‘Mukhyamantri Sikho Kamao Yojana’ (Chief Minister Learn and Earn Scheme) to provide opportunities to learn skills for unemployed youths?

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

Q. 65. In which State, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala has recently launched the “Sagar Parikrama Yatra Phase-V”?

A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh

Q. 66. Which country has recently signed a letter of intent (LOI) with India through Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) to establish the center of Water Technology (CoWT)?

A) Saudi Arabia
B) Israel
C) Japan
D) Indonesia

Q. 67. Name of bank that has recently partnered with Godrej Agrovet Ltd (GAVL) to introduce a new finance offering for oil palm farmers?

A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) SBI
D) Axis Bank

Q. 68. Who has been recently appointed as the Chairman of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI)?

A) Debjani Ghosh
B) Kailash Katkar
C) Amit Agrawal
D) Pramod Bhasin

Q. 69. Which is the first Airline in India to use indigenously produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel(SAF) Blend?

A) Air India
B) Akasa Air
C) Spice Jet

Q. 70. In May 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified the last date to exchange, deposit the withdrawn of Rs 2000 Banknotes?

A) 30th June 2023
B) 30th Sep 2023
C) 31st July 2023
D) 31st Aug 2023

Q. 71. Who has recently taken oath as the 24th Chief Minister (CM) of Karnataka?

A) H.D. Kumaraswamy
B) Jagadish Shettar
C) Siddaramaiah
D) DK Shivkumar

Q. 72. What was the theme of the 7th United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety week(UNGRSW) 2023 that was observed across the globe on 15th to 21st May 2023?

A) Saves Lives #SlowDown
B) Saves Lives #SpeakUp
C) Streets for Life #Love30
D) Streets for Life #RethinkMobility

Q. 73. Which State Government has inaugurated the “SAHAS” initiative to make workplaces safer for Women?

A) Telangana
B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Maharashtra

Q. 74. Who was recently appointed as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?

A) Rajendra Singh
B) Praveen Sood
C) Dinesh Kumar
D) K Kavitha Singh

Q. 75. Book “The Golden Years: The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life” is written by whom?

A) Amitabh Kant
B) Bhumika Bhattacharya
C) Ruskin Bond
D) Chetan Bhagat

Q. 76. India’s 82nd Grandmaster Wuppala Praneeth Belongs to which State?

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

Q. 77. Which operation has been launched by India to help cyclone affected Myanmar?

A) Operation Karuna
B) Operation Maitri
C) Operation Toofan
D) Operation Dost

Q. 78. With which state is the traditional games Kambala related?

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

Q. 79. Who has been released Regional Economic Outlook Report?

A) World Bank
B) World Economic Forum
C) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
D) UNESCO

Q. 80. Who has been awarded the PEN Centenary Courage Award?

A) Barack Obama
B) Shashi Tharoor
C) Ruskin Bond
D) Salman Rushdie

Q. 81. When is World Telecom Day Celebrated?

A) 17th May
B) 19th May
C) 20th May
D) 22nd May

Q. 82. Which Planet has the Maximum number of Moons?

A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Uranus
D) Mars

Q. 83. Who is the first Women Chief Minister of Uttar Pardesh?

A) Mayawati
B) Sarojani Naidu
C) Sucheta Kriplani
D) Menka Gandhi

Q. 84. Where is situated the Headquarter of ISRO?

A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Hyderabad
D) Bengaluru

Q. 85. How Many Schedules in Indian Constitution?

A) 12
B) 16
C) 22
D) 18

Q. 86. Which become the first state in the country to approve the Good Governance Regulation?

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

Q. 87. Which documentary won the “Best Long Documentary Award” at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal 2023?

A) Documentary Women
B) Documentary India
C) Documentary Gauri
D) Documentary Martyrs

 

Q 88. YSR matsykara Bharosa scheme is related to which state?

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

Q 89. When is International Biodiversity Day celebrated?

A) 24th May
B) 22nd May
C) 25th May
D) 27th May

Q 90. Which is the first state in the country to offer pilgrimage through air travel?

A) Delhi
B) Gujarat
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh

Q 91. Recently which country has honored PM Narendra Modi with its highest award ‘ Companion of the Order of Logohu’?

A) Fiji
B) Soloman Islands
C) Australia
D) Papua New Guinea

Q 92. Who won the title of Sudirman Cup 2023?

A) China
B) India
C) Indonesia
D) South Korea

Q 93. In which state is the 3rd Khelo India University Games 2022 being organized?

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

Q 94. “Panch Karma Sankalp” is related to which ministry?

A) Ministry of AYUSH
B) Ministry of Health
C) Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Highways
D) Finance Ministry

Q 95. Which country has designated 2025 as the “Special Tourism Year”?

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

Q 96. For which of the following book international Booker Prize 2023 has been awarded?

A) Time Shelter
B) JK Rowling
C) Whale
D) Ruskin Bond

Q 97. The symbol, given to the first PM Jawahar Lal Nehru, will be installed in the new Parliament House and will be kept with the Lok Sabha Speaker?

A) Ashok Chakra
B) Sengol
C) Dharma Chakra
D) Nehru Stick

Q 98. In which state the largest high court building of India has been Built?

A) Bihar
B) Rajasthan
C) Jharkhand
D) West Bengal

Q 99. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of “Little India” gateway in which country?

A) New Zealand
B) Japan
C) Singapore
D) Australia

Q 100. Which State has recently been declared as a complete e-governance state?

A) Kerala
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Karnataka

Q 101. Bhoto Jatra festival is related to which country?

A) India
B) Nepal
C) Bangladesh
D) Bhutan

Q 102. Where was the exercise ‘Sudarshan Shakti-2023’ organized?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Uttrakhand

Q 103. Where is the International Conference on ‘India Pharma & India Medical Devices’ being organized?

A) Pune
B) Dehradun
C) Hyderabad
D) New Delhi

Q 104. Who has been given the 57th Jnanpith Award?

A) Damodar Mavjo
B) Amitav Ghosh
C) Vijay Kumar Saxena
D) A A Namboodiri

Q 105. Where will the first mining startup conference be organized?

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

Q 106. Araku Valley Coffee, which was in news recently, is related to which state?

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

Q 107. Who has written the book “Gita Awakaran – A Prabhyasi’s Approach”?

A) Ganesh Lal
B) Kavita Kumari
C) Nand Lal Dubey
D) Shiv Prasad

Q 108. How many rupees coin was released during the inauguration of the new Parliament?

A) 75
B) 100
C) 150
D) 200

Q 109. Which organization has launched “Jugalbandi Multilingual AI-Chatbot”?

A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) Facebook
D) Oracle

Q 110. Who won the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament title (Men’s)?

A) Srikant Kadambi
B) Parupalli Kashyap
C) HS Prannoy
D) Sudarshan Bhagat

Q 111. Which is the first Municipal corporation in the country to use central bank digital currency (CBDC)?

A) Lucknow Municipal Corporation
B) Delhi Municipal Corporation
C) Kolkata Municipal Corporation
D) Patna Municipal Corporation

Q 112. Who has been elected as the new president of Turkey?

A) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
B) Shahid-ul-Hami
C) Qasr bin Mohammed
D) Kamal Pasa

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Answers:

1-Ans. B) 3rd May
2-Ans. A) Cyclone Mocha
3-Ans. C) Inflection AI Inc
4-Ans. D) Millet
5-Ans. A) Manipur University
6-Ans. B) 161
7-Ans. C) Michael Douglas
8-Ans. D) Bank for International Settlements
9-Ans. C) Israel
10-Ans. A) Adani Group
11-Ans. B) Zoom
12-Ans. D) Goa
13-Ans. A) 7th May
14-Ans. B) Virat Kohli
15-Ans. C) Chandigarh
16-Ans. D) Confederation of All India Traders
17-Ans. A) The Associated Press
18-Ans. C) Delhi Metro
19-Ans. D) Myanmar
20-Ans. B) Himachal Pradesh
21-Ans. A) Tamil Nadu
22-Ans. B) Manoj Mitta
23-Ans. C) Goa
24-Ans. D) Ajay Banga
25-Ans. D) Qantas Airways
26-Ans. A) 4th May
27-Ans. B) Ministry of Finance
28-Ans. C) Odisha FC

29-Ans. A) Ministry of Health
30-Ans. B) Telangana
31-Ans. C) Sri Lanka
32-Ans. D) Yuva Pratibha
33-Ans. A) 11th May
34-Ans. B) Dhaka
35-Ans. C) Rhythm Sangwan
36-Ans. D) ICMR
37-Ans. A) Ayushmann Khurrana
38-Ans. B) 12th May
39-Ans. C) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi
40-Ans. D) Linda Yaccarino
41-Ans. A) IBM
42-Ans. B) Netherlands
43-Ans. C) $ USD 500 Million
44-Ans. D) Hockey Haryana
45-Ans. A) Uttar Pradesh
46-Ans. B) Kasturi Ray
47-Ans. C) The New York Times
48-Ans. D) Uttarakhand
49-Ans. A) Punjab
50-Ans. B) Uttar Pradesh
51-Ans. C) Telangana
52-Ans. D) Ding Liren
53-Ans. A) Odisha
54-Ans. B) A K Mohanty
55-Ans. C) Amitabh Kant
56-Ans. D) Portugal

57-Ans. A) Ravneet Kaur
58-Ans. B) Shubhman Gil
59-Ans. C) Japan
60-Ans. D) 17th May
61-Ans. A) Nepal
62-Ans. B) Arjun Ram Meghwal
63-Ans. C) Manoj Soni
64-Ans. D) Madhya Pradesh
65-Ans. A) Maharashtra
66-Ans. B) Israel
67-Ans. C) SBI
68-Ans. D) Pramod Bhasin
69-Ans. A) Air Asia India
70-Ans. B) 30th Sep 2023
71-Ans. C) Siddaramaiah
72-Ans. D) Streets for Life #RethinkMobility
73-Ans. A) Telengana
74-Ans. B) Praveen Sood
75-Ans. C) Ruskin Bond
76-Ans. D) Telangana
77-Ans. A) Operation Karuna
78-Ans. B) Karnataka
79-Ans. C) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
80-Ans. D) Salman Rushdie
81-Ans. A) 17th May
82-Ans. B) Saturn
83-Ans. C) Sucheta Kriplani
84-Ans. D) Bengaluru
85-Ans. A) 12
86-Ans. B) Maharashtra
87-Ans. C) Documentary Gauri
88-Ans. A) Andhra Pradesh
89-Ans. B) 22nd May
90-Ans. C) Madhya Pradesh
91-Ans. D) Papua New Guinea
92-Ans. A) China
93-Ans. B) Uttar Pradesh
94-Ans. C) Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Highways
95-Ans. D) Nepal
96-Ans. A) Time Shelter
97-Ans. B) Sengol
98-Ans. C) Jharkhand
99-Ans. D) Australia
100-Ans. A) Kerala
101-Ans. B) Nepal
102-Ans. C) Rajasthan
103-Ans. D) New Delhi
104-Ans. A) Damodar Movjo
105-Ans. B) Mumbai
106-Ans. C) Andhra Pradesh
107-Ans. D) Shiv Prasad
108-Ans. A) 75
109-Ans. B) Microsoft
110-Ans. C) HS Prannoy
111-Ans. D) Patna Municipal Corporation
112-Ans. A) Recep Tayyip Erdogan