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Question Bank Current Affairs January - 2023 (Part 2)
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Current Affairs

Question 1Single Answer
‘Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee – National Institute of Water and Sanitation (DSPM – NIWAS)’ has been inaugurated in which state  ?
  1. A
    Uttar Pradesh
  2. B
    West Bengal
  3. C
    Telangana
  4. D
    Karnataka
Question 2Single Answer
Election Commission of India has developed a prototype of a remote electronic voting machine (RVM) for which category of people ?
  1. A
    Non Resident Indians
  2. B
    Domestic Migrant Workers
  3. C
    Elderly citizens above 80 years
  4. D
    Persons with Disabilities
Question 3Single Answer
Which state commenced India’s first Nilgiri Tahr project ?
  1. A
    Kerala
  2. B
    Tamil Nadu
  3. C
    Odisha
  4. D
    Karnataka
Question 4Single Answer
Which Indian Armed Force successfully test-fired the extended-range version of BrahMos Air-Launched missile ?
  1. A
    Indian Army
  2. B
    Indian Navy
  3. C
    Indian Air Force
  4. D
    Indian Coast Guard
Question 5Single Answer
The Indian Army has handed over first-ever 3D printed houses for soldiers at which city ?
  1. A
    Ahmedabad
  2. B
    Leh
  3. C
    Jaisalmer
  4. D
    Tawang
Question 6Single Answer
Which ministry has recently (in Dec’ 22) launched the Stay Safe Online campaign & G-20 Digital Innovation Alliance (DIA) program in New Delhi, Delhi ?
  1. A
    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  2. B
    Ministry of Home Affairs
  3. C
    Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  4. D
    Ministry of Science and Technology
Question 7Single Answer
Which organisation has recently (in Dec’ 22) collaborated with Learning Links Foundation (LLF), to implement the ‘Amazon Future Engineer (AFE) Program’ ?
  1. A
    All India Council for Technical Education
  2. B
    National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation
  3. C
    National Education Society for Tribal Students
  4. D
    National Council of Educational Research and Training
Question 8Single Answer
Name the ministry that has recently (in Dec’ 22) launched ‘City Finance Rankings 2022’ & ‘City Beauty Competition’ in New Delhi, Delhi .
  1. A
    Ministry of Home Affairs
  2. B
    Ministry of Finance
  3. C
    Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  4. D
    Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Question 9Single Answer
Name the company that has recently (in Dec’ 22) won the National Award for Safety Excellence (FY 2021-22) at the 10th Global Safety Summit (GSS) in the Large Enterprise-Cement Manufacturing sector .
  1. A
    UltraTech Cement Ltd
  2. B
    Ambuja Cement Ltd
  3. C
    JSW Cement Ltd
  4. D
    Associated Cement Companies (ACC) Ltd
Question 10Single Answer
Which organisation has recently (in Dec ’22) launched 54 Starlink Internet satellites in low-Earth orbit Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, United States (US) ?
  1. A
    SpaceX
  2. B
    Blue Origin
  3. C
    European Space Agency
  4. D
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Question 11Single Answer
Name the ministry that has recently (in Dec’22) designed a new online portal for the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) and a letter rogatory (LR) requests for probe agencies .
  1. A
    Ministry of Home Affairs
  2. B
    Ministry of Science and Technology
  3. C
    Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  4. D
    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Question 12Single Answer
Which state government has recently (in Dec’22) approved Rs 367.19 crore for Empowerment of Women in Agriculture for five years (2022-23 to 2026-27) ?
  1. A
    Maharashtra
  2. B
    Madhya Pradesh
  3. C
    Odisha
  4. D
    Gujarat
Question 13Single Answer
According to a research report published by the India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra), the share of the services sector in Foreign Direct Investment in India between April 2014 and March 2022 was _____% .
  1. A
    29.1%
  2. B
    33.5%
  3. C
    38.4%
  4. D
    41.3%
Question 14Single Answer
Who launched the Mobile App ‘Prahari’ of the Border Security Force (BSF) in New Delhi on 29 December 2022 ?
  1. A
    Rajnath Singh
  2. B
    Narendra Modi
  3. C
    Hardeep Singh Puri
  4. D
    Amit Shah
Question 15Single Answer
PM Narendra Modi paid tributes to whom on the sacred occasion of Parkash Purab in December 2022 .
  1. A
    Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
  2. B
    Sri Guru Hargobind Ji
  3. C
    Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji
  4. D
    Sri Guru Nanak Ji
Question 16Single Answer
Who has been selected for the first KR Gouri Amma national award on 29 December 2022 ?
  1. A
    Prabhu Chandra Mishra
  2. B
    Aleida Guevara
  3. C
    Sethrichem Sangtam
  4. D
    Aless Bialiatski
Question 17Single Answer
In December 2022, which of the following has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to act as a payment aggregator (PA) ?
  1. A
    Worldline ePayments
  2. B
    JusPay
  3. C
    Cashfree Payments
  4. D
    Atom Paynetz
Question 18Single Answer
Benjamin Netanyahu took oath as the Prime Minister of which country for the 6th time in December 2022 ?
  1. A
    Iran
  2. B
    Israel
  3. C
    Syria
  4. D
    Ukraine
Question 19Single Answer
Which of the following released the Financial Stability Report in December 2022 ?
  1. A
    RBI
  2. B
    NITI Aayog
  3. C
    SEBI
  4. D
    NABARD
Question 20Single Answer
Antarctica’s emperor penguins could be extinct by which year ?
  1. A
    2050
  2. B
    2075
  3. C
    2100
  4. D
    2125
Question 21Single Answer
Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Prajjwala Challenge’ ?
  1. A
    Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
  2. B
    Ministry of Rural Development
  3. C
    Ministry of Home Affairs
  4. D
    Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Question 22Single Answer
Which institution has urged stock exchanges to set up Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform ?
  1. A
    RBI
  2. B
    SEBI
  3. C
    NITI Aayog
  4. D
    Supreme Court
Question 23Single Answer
What is the target for agricultural and processed food products from India for 2022-23 ?
  1. A
    USD 3.56 billion
  2. B
    USD 13.56 billion
  3. C
    USD 23.56 billion
  4. D
    USD 43.56 billion
Question 24Single Answer
Which Department under the ‘Ministry of Finance’ notifies changes in rates on small savings schemes ?
  1. A
    Department of Expenditure
  2. B
    Department of Financial Services
  3. C
    Department of Revenue
  4. D
    Department of Economic Affairs
Question 25Single Answer
New Jalpaiguri, which was in the news related to Vande Bharat Express, is located in which state ?
  1. A
    West Bengal
  2. B
    Assam
  3. C
    Gujarat
  4. D
    Andhra Pradesh
Question 26Single Answer
India’s first underwater metro service, in which city, is expected to be completed by December 2023 ?
  1. A
    Lucknow
  2. B
    Kochi
  3. C
    Hyderabad
  4. D
    Kolkata
Question 27Single Answer
Centre has approved Kalasa-Banduri project in which state ?
  1. A
    Odisha
  2. B
    Karnataka
  3. C
    Kerala
  4. D
    Assam
Question 28Single Answer
Who took the additional charge as Director General Border Security Force (BSF) on 31 December 2022 ?
  1. A
    Sujoy Lal Thaosen
  2. B
    Baskar Babu Ramachandran
  3. C
    Sanjay Singh
  4. D
    Santosh Kumar Yadav
Question 29Single Answer
The foundation stone of the Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI) was laid in which state on 31 December 2022 ?
  1. A
    Gujarat
  2. B
    Kerala
  3. C
    Madhya Pradesh
  4. D
    Karnataka
Question 30Single Answer
Who has been appointed as the chairman of AERB in December 2022 ?
  1. A
    Sundararaman Ramamurthy
  2. B
    Ajit Kumar Saxena
  3. C
    Dinesh Kumar Shukla
  4. D
    G Kamala Vardhana Rao
Question 31Single Answer
What is the target of number of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres under the Ayushman Bharat ?
  1. A
    1 Lakh
  2. B
    1.5 Lakh
  3. C
    2.5 Lakh
  4. D
    5 Lakh
Question 32Single Answer
Which institution released the ‘Statistical Tables relating to Banks in India’ ?
  1. A
    Finance Ministry
  2. B
    Reserve Bank of India
  3. C
    NITI Aayog
  4. D
    World Bank
Question 33Single Answer
Zuari Bridge, the second largest cable-stayed bridge in India, is located in which state/UT ?
  1. A
    Arunachal Pradesh
  2. B
    Punjab
  3. C
    Goa
  4. D
    Jammu and Kashmir
Question 34Single Answer
Which state organises the world’s largest open-air theatre ‘Dhanu Yatra’ festival ?
  1. A
    Gujarat
  2. B
    Odisha
  3. C
    West Bengal
  4. D
    Kerala
Question 35Single Answer
Which country has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first six months of 2023 ?
  1. A
    Finland
  2. B
    Italy
  3. C
    Germany
  4. D
    Sweden
Question 36Single Answer
Which of the following has launched the ‘SMART’ program in January 2023 ?
  1. A
    Ministry of Home Affairs
  2. B
    Ministry of Defence
  3. C
    Ministry of Ayush
  4. D
    Ministry of Women and Child Development
Question 37Single Answer
India signed a Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement with which country in January 2023 ?
  1. A
    Austria
  2. B
    Poland
  3. C
    Sweden
  4. D
    USA
Question 38Single Answer
Which city in Gujarat received its first In vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile device on January 1, 2023 ?
  1. A
    Rajkot
  2. B
    Vadodara
  3. C
    Ahmedabad
  4. D
    Amreli
Question 39Single Answer
Who became India’s 78th Grandmaster in MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship in New Delhi ?
  1. A
    Pranav Anand
  2. B
    Aditya Mittal
  3. C
    V Pranav
  4. D
    Koustav Chatterjee
Question 40Single Answer
Tata Group veteran RK Krishnakumar passed away in January 2023. He was awarded Padma Shri in which year ?
  1. A
    2009
  2. B
    2008
  3. C
    2007
  4. D
    2006
Question 41Single Answer
Which institution launched its Medium-term Strategy Framework named ‘Utkarsh 2.0’ ?
  1. A
    ISRO
  2. B
    RBI
  3. C
    DRDO
  4. D
    NITI Aayog
Question 42Single Answer
‘Future Engineer Program’ is an initiative of which multi-national company ?
  1. A
    Meta
  2. B
    Amazon
  3. C
    Samsung
  4. D
    IBM
Question 43Single Answer
Which institution developed the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app ?
  1. A
    RBI
  2. B
    SEBI
  3. C
    NPCI
  4. D
    NASSCOM
Question 44Single Answer
Which sportsperson won both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles ?
  1. A
    R Praggnananda
  2. B
    Koneru Humpy
  3. C
    Harika Dronavalli
  4. D
    Magnus Carlsen
Question 45Single Answer
India recently signed a ‘Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement’ in which country ?
  1. A
    Sri Lanka
  2. B
    Austria
  3. C
    UAE
  4. D
    Bangladesh
Question 46Single Answer
Which country has become the first country in Asia and second in the world to launch Hydrogen powered urban trains ?
  1. A
    Singapore
  2. B
    Malaysia
  3. C
    India
  4. D
    China
Question 47Single Answer
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 ?
  1. A
    NTPC
  2. B
    NHPC
  3. C
    ONGC
  4. D
    GAIL
Question 48Single Answer
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 ?
  1. A
    Ajay Kumar Srivastava
  2. B
    Sujoy Lal Thaosen
  3. C
    Dinesh Kumar Shukla
  4. D
    Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh
Question 49Single Answer
In which state did Defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurate Siyom bridge ?
  1. A
    West Bengal
  2. B
    Goa
  3. C
    Arunachal Pradesh
  4. D
    Kerala
Question 50Single Answer
The government has named how many overseas Indians for Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards ?
  1. A
    25
  2. B
    27
  3. C
    30
  4. D
    34
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