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Important MCQ Questions on Awards/Prizes

Q1. Who among the following has won the Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia Award 2022?

1. Pranjal Saikia
2. Tanuj Borah
3. Arun Nath
4. Mousumi Lekharu

C. Arun Nath

Q2. Consider the following statements, with regard to Assam Valley Literary Award:

1. The award was instituted by the Williamson Magor Group, a tea company.
2. It is given to creative writers who have enhanced Assamese literature. 

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. I only
2. II only
3. I and II 
4. None of the above

C. I and II

• The Assam Valley Literary Award was conceived in the year 1990 by Williamson Magor Education Trust to honour creative writers who have enhanced Assamese literature.
• It is given to writers of Assam once a year. The award was instituted by the Williamson Magor Group, a tea company.
• The  first recipient of the Assam Valley Literary Award was prominent Assamese writer, filmmaker and social worker Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia. 
• In 2017, Sananta Tanty, Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, Dr. Rita Chowdhury received this award. 

Q3. Who among the following has received the Nobel Prize 2022 in literature? 

1. Kailash Satyarthi 
2. Angela Merkel 
3. Jacinda Ardern 
4. Annie Ernaux

D. Annie Ernaux

Annie Ernaux received the Nobel Prize 2022 in literature for the bravery and clinical acuity with which she reveals the origins, estrangements, and collective restrictions of personal memory.

Q4. Who among the following has received the Nobel prize 2022 in Chemistry 

1. Carolyn Bertozzi, Barry Sharpless and Douglas W. Diamond
2. Alain Aspect, John F Clauser and Anton Zeilinger 
3. Ben S. Bernanke, Morten Meldal and Philip H. Dybvig
4. Morten Meldal, Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless

D. Morten Meldal, Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless

Q5. Who among the following has   won the Booker Prize 2022 for his novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”, ?

1. Shehan Karunatilaka 
2. Bernardine Evaristo 
3. Geetanjali Shree
4. Daisy Rockwell

A. Shehan Karunatilaka 

Q6. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022 was awarded to whom? 

1. Achanta Sharath Kamal 
2. Pullela Gopichand 
3. Kapil Dev 
4. Narain Karthikeyan 

A. Achanta Sharath Kamal 

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022 awarded to the Table Tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal.

Q7. Who has won SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022? 

1. Manjul Bhargava 
2. Akshay Venkatesh 
3. Yunqing Tang 
4. Kathrin Bringmann 

C. Yunqing Tang 

The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022 was awarded to Yunqing Tang, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Q8. Who has been awarded the 2022 UNESCO Peace Prize for her efforts to welcome refugees?

1. Kailash Satyarthi 
2. Angela Merkel 
3. Jacinda Ardern 
4. Sanna Marin 

B. Angela Merkel

Q9. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the year 2022 was awarded to

1. Svante Paabo 
2. Douglas W. Diamond 
3. John F Clauser 
4. Barry Sharpless

A. Svante Paabo

Svante Paabo received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the extinct hominid genomes and the evolution of humans.

Q10. Who among the following has received the Nobel prize 2022 in Chemistry 

1. Carolyn Bertozzi, Barry Sharpless and Douglas W. Diamond
2. Alain Aspect, John F Clauser and Anton Zeilinger 
3. Ben S. Bernanke, Morten Meldal and Philip H. Dybvig
4. Carolyn Bertozzi,  Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless

D. Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and Barry Sharpless

Carolyn Bertozzi Morten Meldal Barry Sharpless won the Nobel prize in Chemistry For the establishment of the foundations of click chemistry & bioorthogonal chemistry and also took chemistry into the functionalism era.

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Q11. Who received the 2022 World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation? 

1. Cynthia Rosenzweig 
2. Rattan Lal 
3. Fazle Hasan Abed
4. Sanjaya Rajaram 

A. Cynthia Rosenzweig 

Cynthia Rosenzweig, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), received the 2022 World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation. World Food Prize is a prestigious award conceived as the ‘Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture’. Rosenzweig was selected for the award for her research to understand the relationship between climate and food systems and forecast how they will change in the future.

Q12. Who among the following from Assam has been selected for the prestigious Arjuna Award 2022?

1. Hima Das
2. Lovlina Borgohain
3. Nayanmoni Saikia
4. Mirabai Chanu

C. Nayanmoni Saikia

• Assam’s Nayanmoni Saikia was conferred with the Arjuna Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan by President Draupadi Murmu. 
• Nayanmoni Saikia was nominated for the award for her achievements in Lawn Bowl. 
• Apart from Nayanmoni Saikia, Shushila Devi from Manipur was also presented with the prestigious award for her remarkable contributions and achievements in the field of boxing.

Q13. Who among the following has been awarded with Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2021 in the Land Adventure category?

1. Arunima Singha
2. Arun Vajpai
3. Ms. Naina Dhakad
4. Debabrata Mukherjee

C. Ms. Naina Dhakad

• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India announced “Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award” (TNNAA) for the year 2021.
• The award is given in four categories which are Land Adventure, Water Adventure, Air Adventure, and Life Time Achievement.
• Ms. Naina Dhakad  in the Land Adventure category. 
• Shri Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali in the Water Adventure category.
• Group     Captain      Kunwar     Bhawani Singh Samyal  in the Life Time Achievement category.

Q14. Who won the 21st Grand Slam and 7th Wimbledon title?

1. Novak Djokovic
2. Roger Federer
3. Andy Murray
4. Rafeal Nadal

A. Novak Djokovic

Q15. Who became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Cup Table Tennis tournament?

1. Mouma Das
2. Neha Aggarwal
3. Manika Batra
4. Ankita Das

C. Manika Batra

Q16. Which country won the T20 Cricket World Cup 2022?

1. Pakistan
2. England
3. Australia
4. India

B. England

In Women’s Cricket, Australia lifted the ICC T20 World Cup Trophy for the sixth time.  

Q17. Which country won the Asia Cup 2022?

1. India
2. Bangladesh
3. Sri Lanka
4. Pakistan 

C. Sri Lanka

Q18. Which country has won the FIFA World Cup 2022 title?

1. France
2. Portugal
3. Argentina
4. Russia

C. Argentina

The FIFA World Cup in 2026 is all set to be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Q19. Which Indian shuttler won the ‘Singapore Open 2022’ championship title? 

1. Lakshya Sen 
2. Ashwini Ponnappa 
3. Aparna Popat 
4. P V Sindhu 

D. P V Sindhu 

• India Ace shuttler PV Sindhu defeated China’s Wang Zhi Yi in the final match of women’s singles at the Singapore Open 2022. 
• The two-time Olympic medallist clinched her maiden Super 500 title of the year 2022. 
• The Singapore Open 2022 is Sindhu’s third title of the 2022 season after winning the Syed Modi International and Swiss Open BWF Super 300 titles.

Q20. Who was awarded with Natasurjya Phani Sarma award 2022?

1. Rajen Gohain
2. Pranjal Saikia
3. Arun Nath 
4. Biju Kakoti

B. Pranjal Saikia

• The state government will confer Natasurjya Phani Sarma award on actor Pranjal Saikia for the year 2022.
• Arun Nath will be conferred Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia Award 2022.
• Music artiste Rajen Gohain and Pokhila Lekthepi will be awarded Silpi Award 2023.
• Biju Phukan Award 2022 will be conferred to filmmaker Samarendra Narayan Dev

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Q21. Who was awarded with Assam Vaibhav award 2022?

1. Sourav Kalita
2. Shriya Lohia
3. Tapan Saikia
4. Jiya Rai 

C. Tapan Saikia

Dr Tapan Saikia will be conferred with the Asom Baibhav award for his contributions towards creating awareness and early detection of cancer in Assam and other Northeast states.

Q22. Who has been awarded the 56th Jnanpith Award in Assam?

1. Nilomani Phukan
2. Basistha Dev Sarma
3. Ranjana Bardoloi
4. Bipul Das

A. Nilomani Phukan

• The 56th Jnanpith was awarded to Nilamani Phookan. Nilmani Phookan is the third person to win the Jnanpith Award from Assam after Mamoni Roisom Goswami and Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya. 
• The Award carried a Citation, a shawl, and Rs. 11 lakh. 
• Novelist Damodar Mauzo was chosen for the 57th Jnanpith Award 2021-2022 for his contribution to Indian literature. 

Q23. Who was conferred with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2022 from Assam in Art and Culture?

1. Dhritishman Chakraborty
2. Puhabi Chakraborti
3. Dhiraj Kumar
4. Banita Dash

A. Dhritishman Chakraborty

Q24. Indian weightlifter from Aizawl who won gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games? 

1. Mirabai Chanu 
2. Jeremy Lalrinnunga 
3. Jaismine Lamboria 
4. Achinta Sheuli 

C. Jeremy Lalrinnunga 

Jeremy represented India in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. He won the gold medal in the Boys’ 62 kg category weightlifting, India’s first gold medal in the Youth Olympics Games.

Q25. Who has been recently conferred with Padma Shri for preserving the traditional method of making Etikoppaka toys?

1. Ansari Shahid Hussain
2. Shri C V Raju
3. Raghuram Rajan
4. Chitra Mudgal

B. Shri C V Raju

• Shri C V Raju from Etikoppaka village, Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh has been conferred with Padma Shri for preserving the traditional method of making Etikoppaka toys.
• Etikoppaka toys are traditional toys made by artisans of Etikoppaka village located on the banks of Varaha River in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.
• Toys are made of soft wood and lacquer color. Coloured with natural dyes derived from seeds, lacquer,roots and leaves. 

Q26. Which Indian is to be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur? 

1. Ashwini Vaishnaw 
2. Narendra Modi 
3. Shashi Tharoor 
4. Droupadi Murmu 

C. Shashi Tharoor

The French government is honouring the Shashi Tharoorfor his writings and speeches. The award is also called as the National Order of the Legion of Honour. It was established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte.

Q27. The lawn bowler from Assam who was part of the Indian team to win its first ever gold medals in Lawn Bowls in 2022 Commonwealth Games is 

1. Nayanmoni Saikia 
2. Lovely Choubey 
3. Pinki Singh 
4. Lovlina Borgohain 

A. Nayanmoni Saikia

Q28. Bhupen Hazarika won the Best Music National Director award for the 

1. Hirak Rajar Deshe
2. Chameli Memsaab
3. Shakuntala
4. Asom Amar Rupahi

B. Chameli Memsaab

• Bhupen Hazarika won the Best Music Director National Award for “Chameli Memsaab” (Chameli Memsaab; music by Bhupen Hazarika) in the 23rd National Film Awards (1975)
• Chameli Memsaab is a 1975 Indian Assamese romantic drama film directed by Abdul Majid. A love story set in a tea estate in Assam, between a British tea estate owner and local tea garden worker. 

Q29. Who among the following was the first female Padma Shri Award winner from Assam? 

1. Manju Borah 
2. Nalini Bala Devi
3. Nalini Prava Deka 
4. Rita Choudhury

B. Nalini Bala Devi

Q30. Which city won the world Green City award 2022?

1. Dibrugarh
2. Mysuru
3. Dehradun
4. Hyderabad

D. Hyderabad

• Hyderabad won the ‘World Green City Award” 2022. The city also won another award in the category “Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth”. 
• It also won the overall ‘World Green City 2022’ award. It has been the best across all six categories. The city beats cities like Paris, Montreal, Fortaleza, Mexico City, and Bogota.

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Q31. Who has been awarded the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2022 Champions of the Earth award?

1. Ghanashyam Mahanta
2. Swayam Mallick
3. Purnima Devi Barman
4. Ajay Kumar Sahoo

C. Purnima Devi Barman

• Indian wildlife biologist Dr Purnima Devi Barman was recently awarded with the Champions of the Earth award in the Entrepreneurial vision category , UN’s highest environmental honour. 
• She is the founder of the Hargila Army and senior project manager of the Avifauna Research and Conservation Division, Aaranyak.

Q32. Who is the first recipient of the highest civilian award of Assam, the ‘Assam Baibhav‘? 

1. Himanta Biswa Sarma 
2. Ratan Tata 
3. Sarbananda Sonowal 
4. Bhupen Hazarika 

B. Ratan Tata 

• Assam Baibhav is the highest civilian award in the State of Assam, India. 
• In 2021, the Government of Assam conferred its highest civilian award, Assam Baibhav, to Ratan Tata for “his exceptional contribution towards furthering cancer care in Assam”.
• The Award carries a cash prize of ₹5 lakh (US$6,600) and the recipient can avail medical treatment throughout his life at government expense. 
• On 2 December 2021, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma officially declared the award on the occasion of “Asomdiwas” (Assam Day). 

Q33. Who has been recently awarded the UK’s Royal Order of Merit in recognition of their distinguished service to science? 

1. C.N.R Rao 
2. Dr Anish Ghosh 
3. Dr Saket Saurabh
4. Venki Ramakrishnan

D. Venki Ramakrishnan

Nobel laureate professor Venki Ramakrishnan has been awarded the prestigious Order of Merit by Britain’s King Charles III in recognition of his distinguished service to science.

Q34. Who was recently honoured with the ‘Changemaker’ award at UN SDG Action Awards? 

1. Garvita Gulhati 
2. Anisha Malik 
3. Srishti Bakshi 
4. Akhilesh Anil Kumar 

C. Srishti Bakshi 

Indian women’s rights activist, Srishti Bakshi was honoured with the ‘Changemaker’ award at UN SDG Action Awards.

Q35. Which city has won the cleanest city award in the Swachh Survekshan 2022 survey? 

1. Indore 
2. Hyderabad
3. Surat
4. Mysuru

A. Indore

• Indore has won the cleanest city award in the Swachh Survekshan 2022 for the sixth consecutive year in the ‘more than 1 lakh population’ category.
• Surat was adjudged the second cleanest city, for the second time in a row. Navi Mumbai bagged the third spot. 
• Indore further cemented its position by emerging as India’s first 7-star Garbage Free city, while Surat, Bhopal, Mysuru, Navi Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, and Tirupati earned 5-star Garbage Free certifications. 
• Madhya Pradesh emerged as the ‘Cleanest State’ in the category of “more than 100 Urban Local Bodies”, relegating Chhattisgarh, the Cleanest State of the previous 3 years, to second place. Maharashtra emerged as third cleanest State.  
• Tripura emerged as the Cleanest State award in the “less than 100 ULBs category”, dislodging Jharkhand, which had won in the last 2 consecutive years. 

Q36. Which of the following product from Assam got Geographical Indication (GI) recently in December 2022?

1. Judima
2. Boka Saul
3. Gamocha
4. Joha rice

C. Gamocha

• ‘Gamocha’, which is a symbol of the culture and identity of Assam, has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the central government.
• A Geographical Indication (GI) is tagged to primarily agricultural, natural or manufactured products, handicrafts and industrial goods originating from a definite geographical territory. 
• The GI tag has been registered in favour of the Directorate of Handloom & Textiles of the Assam government under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.

Q37. Who among the following has been conferred with the Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020?

1. Purnima Devi Barman
2. Jadav Payeng
3. Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali
4. M. S. Swaminathan

B. Jadav Payeng

• Forest Man of India Jadav Payeng was awarded Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020. He was awarded the 6th Karmayogi Award for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation. 
• Swami Vivekananda Smriti Karmayogi Award is organized by My Home India in New Delhi. The award was conferred for the first time in 2013. The award is composed of a trophy, a recitation and a reward of Rs 1 lakh. 
• Karmayogi Award is presented to great personalities from North-Eastern India who dedicate their lives to Nation and promote Nationalism through art & culture, sports, education, etc. for their contribution to respective fields.

Q38. Who among the following was the first Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpith Award?

1. Mamoni Raisom Goswami
2. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya 
3. Bhattadeva 
4. Chandrasekhar Kambar

B. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya

• Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya was the first ever Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, which was awarded to him in the year 1979 for his novel Mrityunjay.
• Mamoni Raisom Goswami was the winner of the Jnanpith Award for the year 2000. 

Q39. Who among the following was conferred the 56th Jnanpith Award?

1. Amitav Ghosh
2. Mamoni Raisom Goswami
3. Kedarnath Singh
4. Nilamani Phookan

D. Nilamani Phookan

Q40. Who was chosen for the 57th Jnanpith Award 2022 for his contribution to Indian literature?

1. G. Sankara Kurup 
2. Sankha Ghosh 
3. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri 
4. Damodar Mauzo

D. Damodar Mauzo

Important MCQ Questions on Ranks of International & National indices

Q41. What is the rank of India in the Global Sustainable Development Report, 2022?

1. 118
2. 115
3. 121
4. 125

C. 121

• Finland is in the top position in the Global Sustainable Development Report, 2022. 
• India ranked 120 in the Global Sustainable Development Report, 2021

Q42. What is the rank of India in the World Happiness Report 2022?

1. 132
2. 180
3. 136
4. 144

C. 136 

• India ranked 136th in the World Happiness Report 2022. 
• Finland is in the top position in the world happiness report in 2022. 
• India ranked 139th in World Happiness Report 2021.

Q43. What is the rank of India in the Global Peace Index 2022?

1. 144
2. 135
3. 112
4. 117

B. 135

Q44. What is the rank of India in the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index (CRII) 2022?

1. 180
2. 146
3. 37
4. 123

D. 123

• According to the latest Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index (CRII), India has moved up six places to rank 123 out of 161 countries for reducing inequality.
• Norway leads the CRII followed by Germany and Australia.

Q45. What is the rank of India in the Network Readiness Index (NR) 2022?

1. 40th
2. 76th
3. 61st
4. 106th 

C. 61st 

Q46. Which institution releases the ‘Global Gender Gap Report’? 

1. World Economic Forum (WEF) 
2. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
3. International Labour Organization (ILO) 
4. International Court of Justice 

A. World Economic Forum (WEF) 

Iceland (90.8%) led the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 ranking in the first place. India is ranked at 135 out of 146 countries. Last year, India was ranked 140 out of 156 countries.

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Q47. Which country is the top-most investor in India during fiscal year 2021-22?

1. USA
2. China
3. Singapore
4. UAE

C. Singapore

• India has recorded the highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial Year 2021-22. FDI equity inflow in manufacturing sectors has increased by 76 per cent in 2021-22. 
• Singapore was the topmost investor in India last fiscal year, accounting for 27% of the FDI, followed by the US at 18% and Mauritius at 16%. In 2020-21, the inflows were USD 81.97 billion.

Q48. What is the rank of India in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 2021?

1. 5th
2. 7th
3. 9th
4. 10th

B. 7th

Q49. As per UN report ‘World Population Prospects 2022’, India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in which year? 

1. 2023 
2. 2026 
3. 2030 
4. 2033 

D. 2023 

• According to the report, India’s population stands at 1.412 billion in 2022, compared to China’s 1.426 billion. 
• India, which will surpass China as the world’s most populous nation by 2023. 
• India is projected to have a population of 1.668 billion in 2050, way ahead of China’s 1.317 billion people by the middle of the century. 
• The global population is projected to reach eight billion by November 15, 2022, and could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050.

Q50. Which is ranked first in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022? 

1. IIT Madras 
2. IISc Bangalore 
3. IIT Kharagpur 
4. Jawaharlal Nehru University 

A. IIT Madras

• The Ministry of Education has released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the year 2022. 
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras has retained its first position for the fourth consecutive year in the overall category and for the seventh consecutive year in Engineering. Indian 
• Institute of Technology, Delhi was ranked second while Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, was ranked third.

Q51. Which state is ranked first in the NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index (2021)? 

1. Kerala 
2. Tamil Nadu 
3. Telangana 
4. Karnataka 

D. Karnataka

• Karnataka has been ranked first in the NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index (2021) for the third time in a row. The first edition was released in October 2019. 
• India Innovation Index ranks states and union territories on the basis of innovation capabilities. 
• Manipur topped the ‘North East and Hill States’ section. 
• Chandigarh won the ‘Union Territory and City States’ category. 
• TOP State Ranks:  Karnataka Telangana Haryana Maharashtra

Q52. Which state has emerged as an overall team champion of the North East Olympic Games 2022?

1. Assam
2. Meghalaya
3. Mizoram
4. Manipur

D. Manipur

• The 2nd edition of the North East Olympic Games concluded in Shillong, Meghalaya with Manipur emerging as the overall team champion with a total of 240 medals which included 88 Gold Medals, 75 Silver Medals, and 77 Bronze Medals.
• Assam took the second spot with a total of 203 medals followed by Arunachal Pradesh.

Q53. Which Indian state has topped the Public Affairs Index (PAI) 2022?

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Assam
3. Haryana
4. Odisha

C. Haryana

• Haryana topped in the category of big states in the Public Affairs Index-2022. The state has emerged at the forefront in social, economic and political justice themes. 
• It has topped among the major states followed by Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Karnataka among many other states.

Q54. What is India’s rank in the 2020 Democracy Index?

1. 56
2. 73
3. 86
4. 93

D. 93

• India was ranked 93rd in the LDI, India figures in the “bottom 50%” of countries. 
• It has slipped further down in the Electoral Democracy Index, to 100, and even lower in the Deliberative Component Index, at 102.

Q55. What is the rank of India in the global aviation safety ranking?

1. 110
2. 65
3. 48
4. 132

C. 48

• India ranked 48th position in the global aviation safety ranking by the International Civil Aviation Organization. 
• India was in the 102nd position four years ago in the ranking.The position is the highest-ever spot attained by the country. 
• In the ranking, Singapore is at the top, followed by the UAE and South Korea at the second and third positions.

Q56. Which of the following states of India has the highest rank in the Human Development Index 2022?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Punjab
4. Goa

B. Kerala

Q57. India’s rank in the ‘Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index’ released recently by the consultancy firm Ernst & Young (EY)?

1. 1st
2. 2nd 
3. 3rd 
4. 4th 

C. 3rd

Q58. Which state tops in the State of India’s Environment Report 2022?

1. Sikkim
2. Kerala
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Goa

B. Kerala

• The State of India’s Environment Report 2022 was released by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE). 
• India has slipped three spots to rank 120 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 192 United Nations member states in 2015.
• In 2021 India ranked 117 among 192 nations. The overall Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) score of India was 66 out of 100. 
• Kerala topped, with Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh in second position. Karnataka, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Andhra Pradesh tied for third place.
• Jharkhand and Bihar are the least prepared to meet the SDGs by the target year 2030. 
• Union Territory Rankings: Chandigarh topped among the Union Territories, followed by Delhi, Puducherry, and Lakshadweep in second place, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the third position.

Q59. India’s rank among the biggest oil-importing and consuming nations of the world? 

1. Second 
2. Third 
3. Fourth 
4. Fifth 

B. Third 

• India is the third largest consumer of crude oil in the world, after the United States and China.
• Iraq has been India’s top supplier for the past few years, staying ahead of Saudi Arabia, which has been producing less than its capacity to meet OPEC supply curb commitments. 
• Saudi Arabia was the biggest supplier of crude oil to China, the biggest oil importer in the world in 2020.

Q60. What is the rank of India in the Global Hunger Index 2022?

1. 102
2. 99
3. 107
4. 77

C. 107

In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, India ranks 107th out of 121 countries.

Q61. What is the rank of India in the world economy 2022?

1. 9th
2. 6th
3. 5th
4. 8th

C. 5th 

• According to the World Economy Ranking 2022 India’s GDP is the fifth largest GDP in the world.
• India has surpassed UK to become the fifth largest economy in the world and it contributes 3.5% of the world’s GDP. India has a nominal GDP of 3.8 trillion dollars in 2022.

Q62. What is the rank of India in the world, by purchasing power parity (PPP)?

1. Fifth
2. Third
3. Fourth
4. Sixth

B. Third

India is the third-largest economy in the world in PPP terms and the fifth-largest in market exchange rates.

Q63. What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2022?

1. 48th
2. 53rd
3. 40th
4. 62nd

A. 40th 

India ranked 40th for the first time in the Global Innovation Index Ranking. India ranked 46th in the Global Innovation Index (GII), 2021.

Q64. What is the rank of India in the World Competitiveness Index (WCI) 2022?

1. 37
2. 43
3. 51
4. 29

A. 37

• • The Index has been compiled by the Institute for Management Development (IMD).
  • IMD is a Swiss foundation, based in Switzerland. The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY), first published in 1989.
  • Denmark has topped the list followed by Switzerland in second place and Singapore in third place.
  • India has come up to 37th rank in 2022 from 43rd in 2021 in the World Competitive Index.

Q65. As per Human Development Report 2021-22, India’s rank on the Human Development Index 2022 is

1. 125th
2. 132nd
3. 140th
4. 117th

B. 132nd

• India ranks 132 out of 191 countries and territories on the 2021/22 Human Development Index. India’s HDI value stood at 0.633 in 2021. 
• The theme of the HDR 2021-22 which was compiled amidst the COVID Pandemic is “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World”.
• Recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in its Global Gender Gap (GGG) Index for 2022.

Q66. Which of the following is an INCORRECT match of Global Index and India’s Ranking in it? 

1. Global Hunger Index – India’s rank 107th 
2. Henley Passport Index 2022 – India’s rank 68th 
3. Global Crypto Adoption Index 2022 – India’s rank 4th 
4. World Competitiveness Index 2022 – India’s rank 37th 

B. Henley Passport Index 2022 – India’s rank 87th

Q67. Which state topped the Business Reform Action Plan 2020′ (BARP) ranking?

1. Punjab 
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Haryana

B. Andhra Pradesh

• Government released the ‘State Business Reform Action Plan 2020’ (BARP) ranking which shows how Indian states have fared in enhancing Ease of Doing Business for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. 
• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released the 2020 rankings in which Andhra Pradesh retained the number one ranking.
• Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are the Top Achievers based on implementation of Business Reforms Action Plan. 
• Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh figure under the Achievers category. 
• Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal have been placed in the Aspirers category.
• Andaman & Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry and Tripura have been clubbed under the Emerging Business Ecosystems category.

Q68. What is the rank of India in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022?

1. 168th
2. 151st
3. 180th
4. 106th

C. 180th

• The rank of India in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 is 180th. 
• The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health. 
• It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability Index by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Yale Centre for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Information Network.
• India ranked 168th in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) in 2020 while it ranked 177th  in 2018.

Q69. With reference to Climate Change Performance Index, Consider the following statements: 

1. The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is released every year at the UN Climate Change Conference. 
2. The index was released jointly by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network.
3. India has ranked 8th in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2023.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. Only I
2. II and III
3. I and III
4. All of the above

D. All of the above

• The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is released every year at the UN Climate Change Conference. 
• Climate Change Performance Index 2023 was released jointly by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network.
• India has ranked 8th in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2023 published by German Watch, New Climate Institute and Climate Action Network International based in Germany.
• Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an independent monitoring tool for tracking the climate protection performance of 59 countries and the EU.
• It aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries. 

Q70. What is the rank of India in the Global Democracy Index (GDI) 2022?

1. 46th
2. 93rd
3. 76th
4. 57th

B. 93rd

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