Current Affairs 13th July 2023 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Jens Stoltenberg has been elected as the head of which grouping for third time in a row?
A. ASEAN
B. BIMSTEC
C. NATO
D. G-7
Answer [C] NATO
2. Which country is organising the UNSC’s first ever meeting on threats of Artificial Intelligence?
A. India
B. Australia
C. UK
D. Germany
Answer [C] UK
3. What is the expansion of DPDP Bill, which was cleared by the Cabinet recently?
A. Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
B. Dual Personal Data Protection Bill
C. Direct Personal Data Protection Bill
D. Diplomatic Personal Data Protection Bill
Answer [A] Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
4. Zanzibar, where the first IIT Global Campus is to be set up, is located in which country?
A. Egypt
B. Tanzania
C. Kenya
D. South Africa
Answer [B] Tanzania
5. Which city is the host of the ‘Meeting of Space Economy Leaders under India’s G20 presidency’?
A. Bengaluru
B. Chennai
C. Pune
D. Mysuru
Answer [A] Bengaluru
6. Who among the following has been named as the director-in-charge of the IIT Zanzibar campus in Tanzania?
A. Sujatha Srinivasan
B. Preeti Aghalayam
C. Indumathi Nambi
D. Nandita Dasgupta
Answer [B] Preeti Aghalayam
7. In July 2023, which of the following countries topped the 34th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) 2023 held in AI Ain, UAE?
A. Germany
B. France
C. China
D. India
Answer [D] India
8. In July 2023, during the NATO alliance summit in Lithuania, which of the following countries would join Britain in supplying long range SCALP missiles to Ukraine?
A. The USA
B. Lithuania
C. France
D. Germany
Answer [C] France
9. Who among the following has won the ICC’s Men’s Player of the Month award for June 2023?
A. Dasun Shanaka
B. Maheesh Theekshana
C. Josh Hazlewood
D. Wanindu Hasaranga
Answer [D] Wanindu Hasaranga
10. World Paper Bag Day is observed annually in _____.
A. July 11
B. July 12
C. July 13
D. July 10
Answer [B] July 12