Current Affairs Quiz – January 12 & 13 2023
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1. Indian High Commission Signed MoU with Sabaragamuwa University to Establish Hindi Chair, Sabaragamuwa University is associated with which country?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Nepal
c) Bangladesh
d) Pakistan
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Answer a) Sri Lanka. The High Commission of India and the Vice Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University signed an MoU for establishing Hindi Chair for the cultural engagement between the two countries.
2. ‘Saarang 2023’ India’s Largest Student-Run Festival begins at____________.
a) IIT Kanpur
b) IIT Mumbai
c) IIT Madras
d) IISc Bangaluru
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Answer c) IIT Madras. The Saarang 2023 is one of the largest student-run festivals held completely in physical mode. It is expected to see over 80,000 people at the festival. The fest will be held till 15th January 2023.
3. Which Indian language has adopted by Australian government as the newest language?
a) Tamil
b) Malayalam
c) Telugu
d) Punjabi
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Answer d) Punjabi. The Australian government is adopting Punjabi as the newest language after a 2021 census showed that it was the fastest-growing language in Australia with more than 239,000 people using it at home, an increase of over 80 per cent from 2016, reported SBS Punjabi.
4. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Cognizant?
a) Radhakrishnan
b) Ravi Kumar S
c) Ajay Kumar
d) VIshnu Vardhan M
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Answer b) Ravi Kumar S. He joins Cognizant after a 20-year career at Infosys, where he held various leadership roles, most recently serving as President from January 2016 through October 2022.
5. CAMPA New Action Plan for 2023-24: launched by which state government?
a) Assam
b) Uttarakhand
c) Odisha
d) Uttar Pradesh
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Answer c) Odisha. The Odisha government’s State-level steering committee for the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) .
6. World Cup Hockey 2023 is host by_____________.
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Jharkhand
c) Odisha
d) Tamil Nadu
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Answer c) Odisha. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik led the inaugural address of this global sporting Hockey carnival which is being held for the second successive time in Odisha by the Odisha Government. In his inaugural address
7. India’s first 5G-enabled drone developed by IG Drones is named as______________.
a) Skyhawk
b) Droni
c) Special-D
d) None of these
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Answer a) Skyhawk. Skyhawk, India’s first 5G-enabled drone capable of vertical take-off and landing, has been built by Noida-based IG Drones.
8. National Youth Day is observed on______________.
a) January 10
b) January 11
c) January 12
d) January 13
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Answer c) January 12. The 160th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is being observed as National Youth Day across the country today.
9. PM Modi to flag off World’s Longest River Cruise-MV at varanasi is named as____________.
a) Bharata Vilas
b) Ship-house
c) Hanuman-Vilas
d) Ganga Vilas
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Answer d) Ganga Vilas. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off World’s Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas and will inaugurate Tent City at Varanasi via video conferencing.
10. Who has been appointed as First Woman Chief Secretary of Telangana?
a) Divya Kumari A
b) A Santhi Kumari
c) Jaya Suhkla
d) Latha Jhon
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Answer b) A Santhi Kumari. Senior IAS Officer A Santhi Kumari has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana.
11. Vidisha, a district of ______________, becomes the 1st Indian district to implement cutting-edge 5G use cases.
a) Harayana
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Karnataka
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Answer b) Madhya Pradesh. A joint initiative by the Vidisha District Administration and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), Department of Telecommunications (DoT), under the direction of Additional Secretary (Telecom) & Administrator USOF, made Vidisha, a district of Madhya Pradesh.
12. Tata Power sets up India’s 1st solar plant for housing society in _________________.
a) New Delhi
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) Hyderabad
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Answer c) Mumbai. Tata Power Renewable Energy has secured a deal with Mumbai’s Vivarea Condominium to make it the country’s first housing society to operate a captive solar energy plant for residential consumption.
13. Recently, which bank has launched e-Bank Guarantee facility in association with NeSL?
a) SBI
b) HDFC
c) IDFC
d) Equitas Bank
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Answer a) SBI. State Bank of India (SBI) has launched e-Bank Guarantee (e-BG) facility in association with National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).
14. To promote Rupay debit card, Indian government has recently approved an incentive scheme worth ________________.
a) Rs 2,600 crore
b) Rs 1,600 crore
c) Rs 7,600 crore
d) Rs 200 crore
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Answer a) Rs 2,600 crore.
15. Which cricketer is an investor-cum-ambassador of Garuda Aerospace?
a) Virat Kholi
b) Yuvraj Singh
c) Rohit Sharma
d) MS Dhnoi
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Answer d) MS Dhoni. Garuda Aerospace recently became the first-ever drone company in India to get dual DGCA approvals for both drone manufacturing type certificate and RTPO.
