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

1. As per the Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2022, which country tops the Network Readiness Index?
A. USA            
B. Singapore
C. India           
D. Sweden
Answer [A] USA 
2. Who was honoured with the Indian Film Personality of the year 2022 award in the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
A. Amitabh Bhachchan          
B. Chiranjeevi
C. Kamal Hassan                      
D. Mohanlal
Answer [B] Chiranjeevi
3. Which Forum launched the “Loss and Damage Fund” to support poorer countries?
A. COP-27                                  
B. G-20 Annual Summit
C. ASEAN Annual Summit       
D. WEF Annual Summit
Answer [A] COP-27        
4. Which is the first Indian table tennis player to win a medal in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup?
A. Sharath Kamal       
B. Manika Batra
C. Sreeja Akula            
D. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Answer [B] Manika Batra
5. Which country is the Chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) on 2022?
A. Sri Lanka        
B. Bangladesh
C. India               
D. UK
Answer [C] India   
6. Which mutual fund company has launched a small-cap scheme, an open-ended equity fund predominantly investing in small caps stocks in November 2022?
A. SBI Mutual Fund                                
B. Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
C. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund          
D. Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund
Answer [D] Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund
7. Which Indian cricketer has become the first player to score five consecutive centuries in Vijay Hazare Trophy in November 2022?
A. Washington Sundar             
B. Virat Kohli
C. Rahul Tripathi                       
D. N Jagadeesan
Answer [D] N Jagadeesan
8. Rasna Founder and Chairman …….. who had contributed immensely to the Indian industry and business, passed away on 20 November 2022.
A. Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed            
B. Dr. Batra
C. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala                      
D. Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta
Answer [D] Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta
9. Which Formula One racing driver retired from Formula One Racing competition in November 2022?
A. Pierre Gasly                   
B. Sebastian Vettel
C. Max Verstappen          
D. Lewis Hamilton
Answer [B] Sebastian Vettel
10. Which of the following union ministers launched ’53 Hours Challenge’ for 75 Creative Minds’ on 21 November 2022?
A. S. Jaishankar                        
B. Narendra Tomar
C. Anurag Singh Thakur         
D. Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer [C] Anurag Singh Thakur
11. ‘Artemisinin’ which was seen in the news, is a major component of drugs against which disease?
A. Diabetes           
B. Malaria
C. SARS                  
D. Hypertension
Answer [B] Malaria
12. Which country launched the ‘Hwasong-17’ or the Monster missile?
A. China                     
B. Israel
C. North Korea        
D. Japan
Answer [C] North Korea        
13. What is the theme of the ‘World Children’s Day 2022’?
A. Inclusion, For Every Child           
B. Children’s Rights
C. International Togetherness      
D. Digital Access for All
Answer [A] Inclusion, For Every Child     
14. Kameng Hydro Power Station, which was inaugurated recently, is located in which state/UT?
A. Sikkim                              
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Jammu and Kashmir    
D. West Bengal
Answer [B] Arunachal Pradesh
15. Which institution released the ‘Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2021-22’?
A. SEBI                     
B. RBI
C. NITI Aayog          
D. Department of Economic Affairs
Answer [B] RBI
16. Which state government has launched a new portal, ‘Amar Sarkar’, to act as a bridge between the people and the government?
A. Tripura            
B. Manipur
C. Nagaland       
D. Assam
Answer [A] Tripura 
17. Which state government has introduced an elephant death audit framework for recording and monitoring elephant deaths in the state in November 2022?
A. Kerala                   
B. Assam
C. Uttarakhand       
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer [D] Tamil Nadu
18. Who among the following has become the youngest year-end ATP World Number 1 in November 2022?
A. David Goffin                     
B. Jack Sock
C. Pablo Carreno Busta     
D. Carlos Alcaraz
Answer [D] Carlos Alcaraz
19. Which of the following banks on 19 November 2022 has tied up with JCB India to finance the prospective buyers of heavy construction equipment?
A. SBI                    
B. ICICI Bank
C. Axis Bank         
D. Federal Bank
Answer [D] Federal Bank
20. Which of the following union ministers has inaugurated the Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (RRIUM) in Silchar on 20 November 2022?
A. Anurag Thakur           
B. Nitin Gadkari
C. Kiren Rijiju                   
D. Sarbananda Sonowal
Answer [D] Sarbananda Sonowal