Current Affairs 31th December 2022 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which institution has been named as ‘G20 Science working group’s secretariat’?
A. IIT Madras
B. IIT Bombay
C. IIT Delhi
D. IISc Bengaluru
Answer [D] IISc Bengaluru
2. India signed USD 125 million loan deal with which institution to improve urban services in Tamil Nadu?
A. ADB
B. AIIB
C. World Bank
D. WEF
Answer [A] ADB
3. Which Union Ministry has been approved as the nodal ministry for matters relating to online gaming?
A. Ministry of Electronics and IT
B. Ministry of Finance
C. Ministry of Science and Technology
D. Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer [A] Ministry of Electronics and IT
4. What is the name of the digital project funded by Google to map the language diversity of India?
A. Project Bharat
B. Project Vaani
C. Project Echo
D. Project Inimai
Answer [B] Project Vaani
5. ‘Daksh’ is the payments fraud reporting module maintained by which institution?
A. SEBI
B. NITI Aayog
C. RBI
D. SBI
Answer [C] RBI
6. Which of the following IITs won Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards in December 2022?
A. IIT Bombay
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Delhi
D. IIT Kanpur
Answer [B] IIT Madras
7. On 29 December 2022, India allowed which country to export an additional 40 MW of power from two more hydro projects – 25 MW Kabeli B-1 and 20 MW Lower Modi?
A. Nepal
B. Bhutan
C. Bangladesh
D. Myanmar
Answer [A] Nepal
8. Who has been appointed as the acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on 28 December 2022?
A. Baskar Babu Ramachandran
B. Sanjay Singh
C. Praveen Kumar Srivastava
D. Meenesh C Shah
Answer [C] Praveen Kumar Srivastava
9. In December 2022, the government of India extended the free import of Urad and Tur pulses up to which year?
A. 31 March 2023
B. 31 March 2024
C. 31 March 2025
D. 31 March 2026
Answer [B] 31 March 2024
10. Which chaired the conference on development works in Union Territories in New Delhi on 29 December 2022?
A. Amit Shah
B. Piyush Goyal
C. Manoj Sinha
D. Narendra Modi
Answer [A] Amit Shah