Current Affairs 18th February 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. India recently adopted the ‘Digital Work Plan 2023’ along with which bloc?
A. ASEAN               
B. G-20
C. G-7                     
D. SAARC
Answer [A] ASEAN
2. Which state/UT announced an inflation relief package of Rs 19,000 crore in the state’s Budget for 2023-24?
A. Uttarakhand              
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan                   
D. Punjab
Answer [C] Rajasthan
3. Which city hosts the ‘World Government Summit 2023’?
A. New Delhi                    
B. New York
C. Dubai                            
D. Paris
Answer [C] Dubai
4. Bharatpur bird Sanctuary, which was seen in the news, is located in which state/UT?
A. Rajasthan                   
B. Gujarat
C. Madhya Pradesh       
D. Bihar
Answer [A] Rajasthan
5. Brigadier B D Mishra (retired) has been appointed as the Governor/L-G of which state/UT?
A. Kerala                              
B. West Bengal
C. Himachal Pradesh         
D. Ladakh
Answer [D] Ladakh
6. Where will Economic Times Global Business Summit be held?
A. Noida               
B. Mumbai
C. Delhi                  
D. Lucknow
Answer [C] Dimag
7. Who has been appointed as new CEO of YouTube?
A. Parag Agrawal                 
B. Vijaya Gadde
C. Shantanu Narayan          
D. Neal Mohan
Answer [D] Neal Mohan
8. National-level hackathon, KAVACH-2023 was launched by ____.
A. Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
B. All India Council for Technical Education
C. NITI Aayog
D. Finance commission
Answer [B] All India Council for Technical Education
9. Military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian’ will be conducted with which country?
A. France             
B. USA
C. Japan               
D. Bangladesh
Answer [C] Japan
10. Who is the newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner of West Bengal?
A. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha            
B. Virendra
C. Raj Kanojia                                        
D. Naveen Prakash
Answer [B] Virendra