Current Affairs 12th April 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. The ‘Draft National Curriculum Framework for School Education’ provides frame work for children of which age group?
A. 3-18            
B. 5-15
C. 5-10            
D. 6-18
Answer [A] 3-18
2. Which Union Ministry notified amendments to the ‘Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics code) rules, 2021’?
A. Ministry of Home Affairs           
B. Ministry of Electronics and IT
C. Ministry of External Affairs       
D. Ministry of Finance
Answer [B] Ministry of Electronics and IT
3. ‘Juice Mission’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which space agency?
A. NASA               
B. ISRO
C. ESA                  
D. JAXA
Answer [C] ESA
4. ‘Hay Fever’ is associated with which country?
A. Japan              
B. China
C. Australia          
D. UK
Answer [A] Japan
5. Which state is associated with the ‘Electronic Knowledge Network’?
A. Karnataka          
B. Assam
C. Bihar                  
D. Gujarat
Answer [C] Bihar
6. In April 2023, a bilateral air exercise named Cope India-23, was organized between India and ____ on April 10,2023, at the Air Force Stations Arjan Singh (Panagarh), Kalaikunda, and Agra?
A. Japan             
B. South Korea
C. France             
D. The USA
Answer [D] The USA
7. In April 2023, which of the following Indian institutions has signed an MoU with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to build a robust touchless biometric capture system for easier usage by people anytime, anywhere?
A. IIT Madras            
B. IIT Delhi
C. NIT, Trichy           
D. IIT Bombay
Answer [D] IIT Bombay
8. In April 2023, which of the following cricket players has become the quickest batter to reach the 6000-run mark in the Indian Premier League (IPL)?
A. Viart Kohli                   
B. Marcus Stoinis
C. Shikhar Dhawan          
D. David Warner
Answer [D] David Warner
9. The World Bank has revised the global growth outlook for 2023 slightly upward to ____ from a January 2023 Forecast of 1.7% (April 2023)
A. 1.8%             
B. 2.0%
C. 2.1%            
D. 2.2%
Answer [B] 2.0%
10. In April 2023, the Income Tax Department notified that the CII for FY 2023-24 relevant to AY 2024-25 stood at 348, in this context, what is the full form of CII?
A. Consumer inflation Index                     
B. Customer Inflation Index
C. Cash Inflation Index                                
D. Cost Inflation Index
Answer [D] Cost Inflation Index