520-Current Affairs

Multiple Choice

1.India launched the ‘Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies’ with which country?

• Australia

• France

• USA

• UK

​National Security Advisor Ajit Doval launched the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) laong with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan.

In May 2022, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced iCET to expand their strategic technology partnership and defense industrial cooperation between the governments, businesses, and academic institutions.

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2.What is the sanctioned judicial strength of the Supreme Court of India?

• 25

• 28

• 30

• 34

​The five-member Supreme Court collegium led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud recommended to the government two High Court Chief Justices for appointment as apex court judges.
The Supreme Court has seven vacancies now while it has a sanctioned judicial strength of 34. The central government is expected to clear the names of three high court chief justices and two HC judges. With this, the working strength of the Supreme Court will go up to 32. Currently, it is 27.

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3.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on January 31 said the State capital would be shifted. To which city will the capital be shifted?

          

• Vijayawada 

• Amaravati

• Kurnool  

• Visakhapatnam

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4.  Former Law Minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan passed away on January 31. He held the portfolio in which cabinet?

         

• Morarji Desai 

• Rajiv Gandhi

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee   

• Indira Gandhi

​Chief Economic Advisor, CEA Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran said that the Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in 2023-24.
The range of growth is projected between 6 and 6.8 per cent while India is expected to be 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025-26. IMF in its World Economic Outlook Update, maintained India’s GDP forecast for current Financial Year at 6.8 per cent.

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6.Which state/UT launched a ‘Real-time source apportionment supersite’ to tackle pollution?

• New Delhi

• Maharashtra

• West Bengal

• Telangana

​Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the real-time source apportionment ‘supersite’. It is a joint venture of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur and TERI.
The supersite will share details of sources of pollution on an hourly basis as well as forecast for the next three days. The mobile van will go to a particular place and the data collected will be analysed at the supersite.

 

Multiple Choice

7.   Where will the Women's T20 World Cup be held in February this year?

                         

• Australia       

• South Africa

• India

• England

Multiple Choice

8.Petr Pavel is the President-elect of which country?

                 

• Liechtenstein         

• Hungary

• Slovakia     

• Czech Republic

Multiple Choice

9.Who has assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force?

• Air Marshal AP Singh

• Air Marshal VR Chaudhari

• Air Marshal Sandeep Singh

• Air Marshal HS Arora

​Air Marshal AP Singh has assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force. The Air Marshal was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF in 1984. He has more than 5,000 hours of flying experience. Prior to assuming his current appointment, he was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Central Air Command. He is a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.

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10. Shanti Bhusan, who passed away recently was which former minister?

• Former Agriculture Minister

• Former Law Minister

• Former Railway Minister

• Former Finance Minister

​Shanti Bhushan, a former law minister, and renowned counsel died in Noida. He was 97 and served as India’s Law Minister from 1977 to 1979. Bhushan was a member of Congress and thereafter the Janata Party. He served as Union Law Minister in the Morarji Desai government from 1977 to 1979 and was a Rajya Sabha member from 14 July 1977 to 2 April 1980

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11.According to the Budget 2023, what is the revised average processing time for ITR?

• 21 days

• 20 days

• 18 days

• 16 days

​Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated during the presentation of the Union Budget on February 1, 2023, that the average processing time for income tax returns has been lowered from 93 to 16 days. She stated that 45 percent of ITRs are handled within 24 hours. "The administration aims to bring out next-generation universal IT Return forms as well as reinforce the grievance redressal process," she explained.

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12.How much money has been allocated to revamp the credit guarantee scheme for MSME in budget 2023?

• 1000 crore

• 9000 crore

• 5000 crore

• 8000 crore

​During the budget address on February 1, 2023, Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman proposed a Rs 9,000 crore infusion into the corpus to reform the credit guarantee plan for MSMEs. According to the finance minister, the policy would go into force on April 1, 2023. Sitharaman further stated that the announced injection will enable extra collateral-free guaranteed credit of Rs 2 lakh crore and cut credit costs by 1%.

Multiple Choice

13.What is America's largest private employer?

        

• Amazon 

• Walmart

• FedEx Corporation   

• General Electric

Multiple Choice

14.How many times Germany has won the Hockey World   Cup?

       

• Five        

• Two

• Three   

• Four

Multiple Choice

15.On which river is the Kishanganga hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir located?

        

• Chenab   

• Jhelum

• Beas     

• Sutlej

Multiple Choice

16.Who has been rewarded with the Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Inida-UK Achievers Honors?

• Nirmala Sitharaman

• Manmohan Singh

• Piyush Goyal

• Raghuram Rajan

​Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India, was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers Honours in London for his contributions to economic and political life. The National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) UK will present Dr. Singh with the Honour, which was revealed during an awards function last week.

Multiple Choice

17.The women's IPI, media rights were sold for what price?

    

• 1250 crore 

• 5000 crore

• 951 crore

• 4670 crore

Multiple Choice

18.  Which southwest Chinese province is now lifting a three child birth limit?

         

• Sichuan       

• Guizhou

• Yunnan  

• Chongqing

Multiple Choice

19.      World Wetlands Day is observed on________________.

• February 02

• February 03

• February 04

• February 05

​The theme of 2023 World Wetlands Day – It is Time for Wetlands Restoration

Multiple Choice

20.Which Indian Female cricketer has been appointed as brand ambassador of Puma?

• Smrithi Manadana

• Mithali Raj

• Harmanpreet Kaur

• None of these

​As part of the partnership terms, Harmanpreet will endorse the brand’s footwear, apparel and accessories throughout the year.

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21.According to the latest Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) ranking (2023), which government college in India has topped for pursuing the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course?

• IIM Kolkata

• IIM Ahmedabad

• IIM Bengaluru

• IIM Pune

​Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), is the top government college in India for pursuing the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course. IIM Bengaluru (Karnataka) and IIM Kolkata (West Bengal) are ranked second and third, respectively, after IIM Ahmedabad

Multiple Choice

22.Adani Group has acquired Haifa Port For 1.2 Billion $, haifa port belongs to which country?

• Syria

• Israel

• Poland

• Sweden

Multiple Choice

23.Manuela Roka Botey has become first woman in the country as prime minister in which country?

• Somalia

• Egypt

• Tunisia

• Equatorial Guinea

Multiple Choice

24. World Cancer Day is observed on_____________. a) b) c) d)

• February 02

• February 04

• February 03

• February 05

​“Close The Care Gap” has been the theme for World Cancer Day for the past three years (2022, 2023, and 2024).

 

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25.Who has launched the Visit India Year – 2023 initiative?

• G. Kishan Reddy

• Ashwini Vaishnav

• Arjun Munda

• Haminder Singh

​Minister of Tourism G. Kishan Reddy kicked off the year of grand plans and activities for promoting tourism in the country.

​07.02.2023

Quiz No : 521

SCERT Class 6 -Basic Science - chapter 6- Living In Harmony