516-Current Affairs (Jan 23-27)

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 1)  Which department manages the ‘Contingency Fund of India’ on behalf of the President?

• Department of Economic Affairs

• Department of Expenditure

• Department of Financial Services

• Department of Revenue

​The ‘Contingency Fund of India’ is held by the Finance Ministry’s Department of economic affairs on behalf of the President of India.
It can be operated by executive action and used during disasters and related unforeseen expenditures. Recently, the Government has tweaked spending norms for Contingency Fund, allowing 40 per cent of the total corpus to be placed at disposal of the expenditure secretary.

 

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2.Who has been selected for Assam’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’?

• Ratan Tata

• Gautam Adani

• Mukesh Ambani

• Azim Premji

​The Assam government is set to confer the state’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’ on industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata.

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3.Which country is associated with the “Aboriginal flag”, which was seen in the news recently?

• USA

• UK

• Australia

• China

​The Australian government has bought the copyright of the Aboriginal flag, to free the symbol of identity from fights over who can use it.

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4.Which technology company unveiled ‘AI Research Super-Cluster (RSC)’?

• Microsoft

• Meta

• Google

• Foxconn

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5.Halodule uninervis, a species of sea grass, is found to have strong activity against which disease?

• Cancer

• Hypertension

• Diabetes

• Covid 19

Multiple Choice

6. What is the theme of National Voters’ Day this year?

• “Go and vote for Democracy”

• “Nothing like voting, I vote for Sure”

• “Every vote matter, Go for it”

• “I vote for Nation”

​On January 25, 2023, the Election Commission of India will observe the 13th National Voters' Day. This year's NVD theme, 'Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure,' is devoted to voters and reflects individuals' feelings and aspirations towards involvement in the democratic process through the power of their vote. The logo is intended to convey the festiveness and inclusiveness of the voting process.

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7.The first India Stack Developer Conference will be held in which state/UT?

• Goa

• Karnataka

• Gujarat

• New Delhi

​The first India Stack Developer Conference will be hosted in New Delhi on January 25, 2023. The conference will focus on strategies and techniques to increase global acceptance of India's digital goods. Over 100 digital leaders from industry, government, start-ups and unicorns, and academia will attend the conference. G20 delegates and the G20 Secretariat have also been invited to the Conference.

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8.Who has been sworn in as the 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand?

• Carmel Sepuloni

• Chris Carlson Cook

• Jacinda Ardern

• Chris Hipkins

​Chris Hipkins was sworn in as the 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand in Wellington by the country's governor-general, Cindy Kiro on January 25, 2023. Chris Hipkins stated after formally assuming office that this was the greatest honor and responsibility of his life, and he was looking forward to the challenges ahead. Jacinda Ardern resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand last week.

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9.Prasar Bharti has recently signed an MoU to facilitate content exchange between national media authorities of which country?

• Japan

• Germany

• Egypt

• England

​Prasar Bharati and the National Media Authority of Egypt inked an MoU to promote content sharing, capacity building, and co-productions on January 25, 2023. The agreement was signed by Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Egypt. The agreements were signed in New Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

 

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10.Which Indian movie has been nominated for the Best Documentary Short in Oscar Awards 2023?

• All that Breathe

• The Elephant Whisperers

• RRR

• Tell it like a women

​The Oscar nominations were announced on January 24, 2023, and India received three nominations for the 95th Academy Awards. The Elephant Whisperers, a 41-minute short by Kartiki Gonsalves, was also nominated for Best Documentary Short. SS Rajamouli's RRR received only one nomination in the Best Original Song category for "Naatu Naatu," despite the fact that it has a big fan base in the United States. The film did not receive nominations for Best Picture or Best Director. All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.

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11.Antisemitism is hostility to or discrimination against which ethnic group ?

• Hindu

• Muslim

• Parsis    

• Jews

​Antisemitism is hostility to prejudice towards , or discrimination against Jews. A person who hold such position is called an antisemitie.Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism.Antisemitism has historically been manifested in many ways , ranging from expressions of hatred of or discrimination against individual Jews to organized programs by mobs, police forces or genocide.

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12.what type of vaccine is iNCOVACC manufactured by BHARATH BIOTECH ?

• Intradermal

• Intramuscular

• Intranasal 

• Intraosseous

​iNCOVACC vaccine is manufactured by BHARATH BIOTECH is Intranasal vaccine .Intranasal means giving vaccine through nasal passages. It is a first covid vaccine which will delivered through nasal route.

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13.The Pritzker Prize is presented in which field?

• politics.  

• Journalism

• Literature

• Architecture

​The pritzker prize is an international architecture award presented annually “ to honour a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment , which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built event through the art of architecture.

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14.Which country's national hockey team is called the Black sticks ?

• New Zealand   

• Belgium

• Netherlands. 

• Canada

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15.Name of  boulevard formerly Raj path in the national capital .

• Karyapath     

• Janpath

• Raj Marg.

• Kartavya Path

​The Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has changed name from Raj path to Kartavya path, the famous road passing close to Parlament and Rashtrapathi Bhavan

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16.Phone pe is owned by which company.?

• Paypal  

• alphabet

• Foxconn     

• Walmart    

​Phone pe is an Indian Digital payments and financial technology company.The phone pe app based on Unified Payment Interefere (UPI) and owned by Flipkart a subsidiary of Walmart

 

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17.Who is India's Union Minister for Women and Child Development?

•   Anandiben Patel

• Meenakshi Lekhi

• Maneka Gandhi

• Smriti Irani

​ The Ministry of women and child development is a branch of the Govt of India. . It is an apex body of formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to Women and child development of India.

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18.Which country is hosting the 2024 Olympics?

• Australia    

• China

• France  

• Greece

​ The 2024 Summer Olympics is also known as the Paris 2024. Paris is the main host city and 16 cities spread across metropolitan France.

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19.Vistara is set to be merged with which airline?

        

• Go First   

• SpiceJet

• IndiGo

• Air India

​ On 29 November Singapore Airlines and Tata group announced a merger between Air India and Vistara.

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20.Composer M.M Keeravani, who recently won a Golden Globe, was honoured with which of the following awards on the eve of Republic Day?

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

• Padma Shri

• Padma Vibhushan     

• Padma Bhushan

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21.Which party in the Telangana fray is being led by Telugu     actor Pawan Kalyan?

• Bharat Rashtra Samiti  

• Telugu Desam Party 

• Praja Shanti Party      

• Jana Sena Party

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22.In which country was Dolar Popat, Indian-origin peer in the House of Lords, born?

• Mauritius

• Uganda

• Guyana    

• Tanzania

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23.In reference to the matters of defence and security, what is the full form of RAW?

• Research and Analysis Wing    

•   Research and Weapons

•   Resistance ArmyWeapons     

•    Research and  Wing

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24.What is the opposite of La Nina ?

• La Lino       

• La Nino

• El Nina.  

• El Nino

​El Nino events are associated with a warming of the central and eastern tropical Pacific, while La Nina events are the reverse with a sustained cooling of these same areas. La Nina is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Nino as part of the boader El Nino southern oscillation climate pattern. The name La Nina originates from Spanish for “the girl “ by analogy to El Nino meaning “ The Boy “.

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25.India shares a 1643km long border with Myanmar that passes through four states. Which of the following is not one of them ?

• Nagaland.  

• Arunachal Pradesh

• Tripura       

• Mizoram

​Arunachal Pradesh , Nagaland , Manipur, and Mizoram . Share international boundary with Myanmar . while Tripura doesn’t share border with Myanmar

31.01.2023

Quiz No : 517

SCERT Class 6 -Basic Science - chapter 5- Food for health