Current Affairs Quiz – January 05 2023
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1. Which railway Station got 5-star certification for providing high-quality, nutritious food?
a) Varanasi Cantt
b) Bangalore Majestic
c) Chennai MGR station
d) None of these
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Answer a) Varanasi Cantt Railway Station. The certification is awarded by FSSAI to railway stations that set benchmarks in providing safe and wholesome food to passengers.
2. Asian Pacific Postal Union headquarter is situated at____________.
a) Beijing
b) Tokyo
c) Malaysia
d) Bangkok
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Answer d) Bangkok. The Asian-Pacific Postal Union was formed by International treaty through an Asian-Pacific Postal Convention signed in Yogyakarta on 27 March 1981.
3. Which country has taken over the leadership of the Asia Pacific Postal Union (APPU) in January 2023?
a) China
b) India
c) Japan
d) Nepal
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Answer b) India. India has taken over the leadership of the Asia Pacific Postal Union (APPU) in January 2023. Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh will take over the charge of Secretary General of the Union for a tenure of 4 years. This is the result of the elections during the 13th APPU Congress held in August-September 2022.
4. Who is the current chief minister of Madhya Pradesh?
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Pinnarayi Gowda
c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
d) MK Stalin
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Answer c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the Madhya Pradesh Residential Land Rights scheme (Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu Adhikar Yojana) to distribute free leases of residential land to selected beneficiaries.
5. Odakkuzhal Award is associated with_____________.
a) Social Service
b) Sports
c) Literacy
d) Dance
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Answer c) Literacy. Writer Ambikasuthan Mangad has been selected for Odakuzhal Award 2022 for his collection of short stories titled Pranavayu. The award consists of Rs 30,000, citation, and plaque. Instituted by the Guruvayurappan Trust, the award is being given for the best collection of short stories in Malayalam.
6. Who has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BSE(formerly Bombay Stock Exchange)?
a) Aravindh Manikandan
b) Amar Nath
c) Ajay Kumar A
d) Sundararaman Ramamurthy
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Answer d) Sundararaman Ramamurthy. The appointment comes after BSE’s erstwhile MD & CEO Ashish Chauhan resigned from the stock exchange in July 2022 and moved to the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Ramamurthy had served as a senior member of NSE since its inception.
7. UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 won by which Indian state?
a) Assam
b) Odisha
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer b) Odisha. Odisha won the UN- Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 for the Jaga mission. The mission is a 5T initiative of the state.
8. Satish Dhawan is passed away, who is associated with_____________.
a) Indian mathematician
b) Aerospace engineer
c) Researchers
d) All the above.
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Answer d) All the above. Dr. Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the “father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India”. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and further on in United States.
9. Name the company that has recently, signed an MOU with the IIT Dhanbad to enhance copper ore production?
a) Hindustan Copper Limited
b) Bharat Copper Limited
c) Indian Copper Limited
d) Assam Copper Limited
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Answer a) Hindustan Copper Limited.
