Current Affairs 12th November 2022 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which institution announced the Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund (IRAF)?
A. WEF          
B. CDRI
C. ISA             
D. BIMSTEC
Answer [B] CDRI
2. Which country is the leading producer of millets with 41 percent of global production?
A. China                 
B. India
C. Bangladesh      
D. Indonesia
Answer [B] India
3. Which institution is ranked at the top spot from India in the QS Asia University rankings?
A. IIT Delhi               
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Bombay        
D. IISc Bengaluru
Answer [C] IIT Bombay        
4. Which Asian Country is named as the host of 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships?
A. Sri Lanka         
B. Pakistan
C. India                 
D. Nepal
Answer [C] India   
5. Which country launched the ‘Middle East Green Initiative’?
A. Oman                   
B. UAE
C. Saudi Arabia      
D. Bahrain
Answer [C] Saudi Arabia      
6. National Education Day is celebrated every year on November 11. It is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of ……….
A. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad     
B. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
C. Dr. Jakir Hussian                          
D. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Answer [A] Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad     
7. At which place, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has launched India’s first National repository for life science data, the Indian Biological Data Center (IBDC)?
A. Faridabad         
B. Lucknow
C. Mohali                
D. Nagpur
Answer [A] Faridabad
8. Indian Army has launched a single window facility – Veerangana Sewa Kendra (VSK) for the Welfare & Grievances redressal of Veer Naris. ‘Veer Naris’ are referred to the ……..
A. Army Wives                         
B. Women Commondos
C. Women Army Officers       
D. None of the above
Answer [A] Army Wives   
9. PM Narendra Modi is going to visit Indonesia from 14th to the 16th of November 2022 to attend the G20 Summit in Bali. Which of the following country is NOT a member of the G20 Group?
A. Argentina      
B. Brazil
C. Mexico           
D. Thailand
Answer [D] Thailand
10. Who among the following has presented the ‘India Agribusiness Award 2022’ to the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) on 10 November 2022?
A. Sanjeev Balvan                
B. Giriraj Singh
C. Hardeep Singh Puri         
D. Anurag Thakur
Answer [A] Sanjeev Balvan