Current Affairs 5th January 2023 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which institution launched its Medium-term Strategy Framework named ‘Utkarsh 2.0’?
A. ISRO
B. RBI
C. DRDO
D. NITI Aayog
Answer [B] RBI
2. ‘Future Engineer Program’ is an initiative of which multi-national company?
A. Meta
B. Amazon
C. Samsung
D. IBM
Answer [B] Amazon
3. Which institution developed the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app?
A. RBI
B. SEBI
C. NPCI
D. NASSCOM
Answer [C] NPCI
4. Which sportsperson won both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles?
A. R Praggnananda
B. Koneru Humpy
C. Harika Dronavalli
D. Magnus Carlsen
Answer [D] Magnus Carlsen
5. India recently signed a ‘Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement’ in which country?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Austria
C. UAE
D. Bangladesh
Answer [B] Austria
6. Which country has become the first country in Asia and second in the world to launch Hydrogen powered urban trains?
A. Singapore
B. Malaysia
C. India
D. China
Answer [D] China
7. Which of the following started India’s first green hydrogen blending operation in the PNG (piped natural gas) network of its township in Kawas, Surat?
A. NTPC
B. NHPC
C. ONGC
D. GAIL
Answer [A] NTPC
8. In January 2023, who will take over the charge of Secretary General of the Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU) for a tenure of four years?
A. Ajay Kumar Srivastava
B. Sujoy Lal Thaosen
C. Dinesh Kumar Shukla
D. Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh
Answer [D] Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh
9. In which state did Defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurate Siyom bridge?
A. West Bengal
B. Goa
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Kerala
Answer [C] Arunachal Pradesh
10. The government has named how many overseas Indians for Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards?
A. 25
B. 27
C. 30
D. 34
Answer [B] 27