Current Affairs 23th December 2022 : Daily GK Update in English

1. As per Finance Ministry’s latest data, what is India’s gross domestic product growth in the first half of 2022-23?
A. 7.7%                     
B. 8.7%
C. 9.7%                     
D. 10.7%
Answer [C] 9.7%
2. Which country is the host of special negotiation round on three of the four pillars of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) in February 2023?
A. USA                          
B. India
C. France                     
D. Germany
Answer [B] India
3. What is the total amount raised by the Government through disinvestment and strategic sale of PSEs since 2014?
A. Rs 1.01 lakh crores                  
B. Rs 2.02 lakh crores
C. Rs 3.03 lakh crores                  
D. Rs 4.04 lakh crores
Answer [D] Rs 4.04 lakh crores
4. Which state/UT generated most number of jobs under the PMEGP scheme in the current fiscal year?
A. Uttarakhand                       
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Goa                                        
D. New Delhi
Answer [B] Jammu and Kashmir
5. Which institution released the ‘2022 in Nine Charts’ report?
A. WEF                         
B. IMF
C. World Bank             
D. ADB
Answer [C] World Bank
6. Which of the following became the country’s first carbon-neutral power exchange in December 2022?
A. Multi Commodity Exchange                   
B. Hindustan Power Exchange
C. Power Exchange of India Ltd.                 
D. Indian Energy Exchange
Answer [D] Indian Energy Exchange
7. Who is the author of the book titled, ‘The Indian Navy@75 Reminiscing the Voyage’?
A. Ranjit B Rai and Pavan C. Lall                  
B. Richa Mishra and Aritra Banerjee
C. Ranjit B Rai and Aritra Banerjee            
D. Aritra Banerjee and Ratnakar Shetty
Answer [C] Ranjit B Rai and Aritra Banerjee
8. Who has been nominated by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to the panel of Vice chairpersons in the Upper House on 21 December 2022?
A. PT Usha                          
B. Anju Bobby George
C. Abhinav Bindra              
D. Shiny Abraham
Answer [A] PT Usha
9. Bhairon Singh Rathore passed away in Jodhpur in December 2022. He was associated with which of the following fields?
A. Law                        
B. Defence
C. Acting                    
D. Politics
Answer [B] Defence
10. As per the Social Progress Index (SPI) released by the Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council, which of the following has the highest SPI score of 65.99 in the country?
A. Puducherry                      
B. Chandigarh
C. Ladakh                              
D. Delhi
Answer [A] Puducherry