Current Affairs Quiz – January 17 2023
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Current Affairs Quiz – January 17 2023
1. Recently, Which flower has listed of Protected Plants by Ministry of Environment?
a) Kantal
b) Neelakurinji
c) Ampal
d) Vetci
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Answer b) Neelakurinji. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji under Schedule III of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, including it on the list of protected plants.
2. ‘Shukrayaan I’ mission to which planet?
a) Mercury
b) venus
c) Mars
d) Jupiter
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Answer d) Jupiter. P. Sreekumar, the Satish Dhawan Professor at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and advisor to its space science programme
3. Which India actor has listed on World’s richest actor list?
a) Ajay Devgan
b) Surya
c) Shah Rukh Khan
d) Chiranjeevi
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Answer c) Shah Rukh Khan. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan with his more than three decades of work in the film industry has garnered millions of fans all over the world and an estimated net worth of ₹627 million ($770 million), making him the richest actor in Asia and fourth richest actor all over the world.
4. Which organization has bagged Women’s IPL media rights for Rs 951 cr for next 5 years?
a) Reliance
b) TV18
c) Viacom18
d) Voot
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Answer c) Viacom18. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Women’s IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years, pipping other bidders, including Disney Star and Sony, in the auction.
5. India’s First School of Logistics, Waterways, and Communication has launched in_____________.
a) Agartala
b) Pune
c) Imphal
d) Aizawl
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Answer a) Agartala. The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal, along with Dr. Manik Saha, Chief Minister of Tripura, jointly inaugurated the school.
6. Which film has won two awards at the 28th Annual Critics’ Choice Award?
a) RRR
b) The Kashmiri Files
c) U Turn
d) None of these
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Answer a) RRR. The Critics’ Choice awards mark the fourth major international award for the film that has scored big at the box office and is also among the favorites among critics all over the world.
7. ‘VIRAASAT’ has launched by which ministry?
a) Ministry of Textiles
b) Ministry of Finance
c) Ministry of Telecommunication
d) Ministry of Aerospace
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Answer a) Ministry of Textiles. The Ministry of Textiles is going to organize “VIRAASAT’ – Celebrating Handloom Home Décor – Special Handloom Expo – at Handloom Haat, New Delhi from 20.01.2023 to 30.01.2023 to showcase the Home Décor products made by Handloom.
