Current Affairs 30th January 2023 : Daily GK Update in English
1. What is the name of the cluster of digital solutions like Aadhaar, UPI, Digi Locker, Co-Win, GeM, and GSTN?
A. Bharat e-platforms
B. India Stack
C. e-Bharat
D. Digi Bharat
Answer [B] India Stack
2. ‘Purse Seine’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which activity?
A. Skating
B. Fishing
C. Painting
D. Sculpting
Answer [B] Fishing
3. Which institution issues the Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs) on behalf of the government.
A. RBI
B. SEBI
C. NITI Aayog
D. BSE
Answer [A] RBI
4. The Monument Mitra scheme was transferred from the Ministry of Tourism to which Ministry?
A. Ministry of Culture
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Ministry of External Affairs
D. Ministry of Finance
Answer [A] Ministry of Culture
5. National Tourism Day 2023 is celebrated in which state?
A. New Delhi
B. Kerala
C. Sikkim
D. Telangana
Answer [D] Telangana
6. Who has been nominated by US president Joe Biden for the post of Air Force brigadier general in January 2023?
A. Matthias Maurer
B. Harish Damodaran
C. Anil Menon
D. Raja Chari
Answer [D] Raja Chari
7. JP Morgan Chase & Co. appointed whom as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in India in January 2023?
A. Pankaj Singh
B. Prabdev Singh
C. Pratham Gupta
D. Rajesh Bajaj
Answer [B] Prabdev Singh
8. The Prime Minister of which country has announced to commercialise the world’s first photonic-based, fault-tolerant quantum computer in January 2023?
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. Japan
D. Brazil
Answer [A] Canada
9. ‘Ironman of India’ Sabir Ali passed away in January 2023. In which year was he honoured with the Arjuna Award?
A. 1971
B. 1981
C. 1991
D. 2001
Answer [B] 1981
10. In which state will Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the ceremony commemorating 1111th ‘Avataran Mahotsav’ of Bhagwan Shri Devnarayan Ji, on 28th January 2023?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
Answer [D] Rajasthan
11. In which state was the Inaugural Yuvamanthan Model G20 Summit held in January 2023?
A. Goa
B. Odisha
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh
Answer [A] Goa
12. India has signed an agreement with South Africa to translocate how many cheetahs to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14
Answer [C] 12
13. Woxsen University launched Project Aspiration to empower adolescent girls of standards 9-12 of Model Schools and Junior Colleges of which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Gujarat
C. Odisha
D. Telangana
Answer [D] Telangana
14. Who inaugurated National Logistics Portal (Marine) on 27 January 2023?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Piyush Goyal
C. Sarbananda Sonowal
D. Hardeep Singh Puri
Answer [C] Sarbananda Sonowal
15. On which day is Data Privacy Day celebrated globally every year?
A. 25 January
B. 26 January
C. 27 January
D. 28 January
Answer [D] 28 January
16. Which of the following launched the ‘She Feeds the World’ program in January 2023?
A. PepsiCo Foundation
B. CARE
C. Reliance Foundation
D. Both 1 and 2
Answer [D] Both 1 and 2
17. India and Egypt signed an MoU on which of the following signed for five years?
A. Cultural cooperation
B. Defence cooperation
C. Education cooperation
D. Health cooperation
Answer [A] Cultural cooperation
18. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Odesa a World Heritage in Danger site. In which country is it situated?
A. Jamaica
B. Burkina Faso
C. Paraguay
D. Ukraine
Answer [D] Ukraine
19. The 3rd INTERPOL Young Global Police Leaders Programme is being held in which city in January 2023?
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Chennai
D. Kolkata
Answer [A] New Delhi
20. In January 2023, which state launched the first survey of Migrants?
A. Odisha
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Jharkhand
D. Rajasthan
Answer [C] Jharkhand