Current Affairs 2nd March 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which city is the host of ‘International Bio resource Conclave & Ethno-pharmacology Congress 2023’?
A. Mumbai            
B. Imphal
C. Kolkata              
D. Bengaluru
Answer [B] Imphal
2. Which city is the host of the W20 Inception Meeting under India’s G-20 Presidency?
A. Chennai                 
B. Kochi
C. Aurangabad           
D. Bhubaneswar
Answer [C] Aurangabad
3. Which city has been renamed as ‘Chatrapati Sambhajinagar’?
A. Pune                  
B. Aurangabad
C. Nashik              
D. Ahmed Nagar
Answer [B] Aurangabad
4. Which institution launched India’s first municipal bond index?
A. RBI               
B. SEBI
C. BSE              
D. NSE
Answer [D] NSE
5. Which is the first platform to launch ‘UPI LITE payments’?
A. Google Pay                           
B. Mi Pay
C. Paytm Payments Bank       
D. Airtel Payments Bank
Answer [C] Paytm Payments Bank
6. The G20 Foreign Ministers meeting will be held in which city from 1st to 2nd March 2023?
A. Surat              
B. Imphal
C. Agra              
D. New Delhi
Answer [D] New Delhi
7. Which of the following successfully conducted the flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine, in February 2023?
A. ISRO                 
B. NASA
C. JAXA                 
D. ESA
Answer [A] ISRO
8. Which city will host the 2nd of 4 B20 India events scheduled in the northeast from 1-3 March 2023?
A. Shillong               
B. Kohima
C. Aizawl                
D. Itanagar
Answer [C] Aizawl
9. GSM Association (GSMA) has conferred Government Leadership Award 2023 to which country for implementing best practices in telecom policy and regulation?
A. USA                   
B. India
C. Japan                
D. Australia
Answer [B] India
10. What is the theme of Zero Discrimination Day 2023?
A. Remove laws that harm, create laws that empower
B. End Inequalities
C. Act to change laws that Discriminate
D. Save lives: Decriminalise
Answer [D] Save lives: Decriminalise