Current Affairs 17th January 2023 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which institution recently released the ‘Survey on dietary supplements’?
A. FCI
B. FSSAI
C. NITI Aayog
D. Union Health Ministry
Answer [B] FSSAI
2. Which organization released the ‘Global Risks Report 2023’?
A. World Bank
B. World Economic Forum
C. International Monetary Fund
D. Asian Development Bank
Answer [B] World Economic Forum
3. Who is the author of the ‘Revolutionaries- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom’ Book?
A. Amit Shah
B. Sanjeev Sanyal
C. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit
D. Manoj Soni
Answer [B] Sanjeev Sanyal
4. Which is the first European country to have a Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan?
A. Germany
B. UK
C. Italy
D. France
Answer [B] UK
5. Which state launched the ‘shared school bus system’ and agriculture response vehicle scheme?
A. Meghalaya
B. Assam
C. West Bengal
D. Bihar
Answer [A] Meghalaya
6. Google on 15 January 2023, celebrated which birth anniversary of Indian wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, also known as Pocket Dynamo, with a doodle?
A. 97th
B. 98th
C. 99th
D. 100th
Answer [A] 97th
7. Who announced a new ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project for developing nations on 13th January 2023?
A. Piyush Goyal
B. Dharmendra Pradhan
C. Manoj Sinha
D. Narendra Modi
Answer [D] Narendra Modi
8. Indian Railways has announced on 14 January 2023, to run the ‘Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC’ tourist train to strengthen relations between India and which country?
A. Bhutan
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. Myanmar
Answer [C] Nepal
9. On 14 January 2023, who launched the “Geospatial Hackathon” to promote Innovation and Start-Ups in India’s Geospatial ecosystem?
A. Devendra Singh Rana
B. Manoj Sinha
C. Dr Jitendra Singh
D. Piyush Goyal
Answer [C] Dr Jitendra Singh
10. India announced the donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to which country on 15 January 2023?
A. Peru
B. Paraguay
C. Cyprus
D. Cuba
Answer [D] Cuba