Current Affairs 1st April 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which city is the host of the second edition of ‘The Africa-India Field Training Exercise’ AFINDEX-2023?
A. Pune              
B. Panaji
C. Cairo             
D. Nairobi
Answer [A] Pune
2. ‘New India Literacy Programme’ will be implemented as which type of scheme?
A. Central Sector Scheme         
B. Centrally sponsored Scheme
C. Core Scheme                          
D. Core of the Core Scheme
Answer [B] Centrally sponsored Scheme
3. Which state/UT recently released the ‘Lake Development Programme’?
A. Tamil Nadu        
B. Telangana
C. Odisha               
D. West Bengal
Answer [B] Telangana
4. A ‘Space System Design Lab’ has been recently inaugurated in which state/UT?
A. Gujarat                       
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh         
D. Kerala
Answer [A] Gujarat
5. India recently signed a ‘Defence Cooperation Agreement’ with which European country?
A. Malta              
B. Romania
C. Finland            
D. Denmark
Answer [B] Romania
6. Which state’s ‘Gandhamardan Hill’ was recently (in March ’23) declared as India’s 37th biodiversity heritage site?
A. Odisha          
B. West Bengal
C. Gujarat         
D. Jharkhand
Answer [A] Odisha
7. Which country has recently (in March ’23) committed Rs 7,084.5 crore to India for infrastructure projects in Patna (Bihar), West Bengal, and Rajasthan?
A. France             
B. Japan
C. Singapore       
D. Germany
Answer [B] Japan
8. Name the personality who was recently (in March ’23) awarded Abel Prize 2023 for Mathematics.
A. Luis Angel Caffarelli          
B. Lawrence C. Evans
C. Dennis Sullivan                  
D. Luigi Ambrosio
Answer [A] Luis Angel Caffarelli
9. Who was recently (in March ’23) appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)?
A. Vijay Kuradagi                        
B. Rajendra Kumar Gupta
C. Sanjay Kumar Panigrahi         
D. Lalit Kumar Gupta
Answer [D] Lalit Kumar Gupta
10. Which organisation of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recently (in March ’23) developed application “Maaptol Grievance” to facilitate registration & redressal of consumer grievances?
A. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
B. Digital India Corporation
C. National Informatics Centre
D. Controller of Certifying Authorities
Answer [C] National Informatics Centre