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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 27th January 2023 | Today GK Updates
1. Consider the following statements with respect to Revamped Monument Mitra Scheme.
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1. Revamping means improving a structure or changing its appearance. The scheme is to be implemented by the Ministry of Culture.
2. The scheme will bring more than a thousand monuments under the private sector.
3. Under the scheme, the Ministry of Culture will sign at least 500 agreements with private sectors before August 15, 2023.
4. A thousand Monuments selected under the scheme are now under the maintenance of the Archaeological Survey of India.
Choose the Correct Statement(S).
A. Only 1, 2
B. Only 2, 4
C. 1, 2, 3, 4 only
D. 2, 3, 4 only
Ans: C
Explanation – Revamping means improving a structure or changing its appearance. The scheme is to be implemented by the Ministry of Culture. The scheme will bring more than a thousand monuments under the private sector. Under the scheme, the Ministry of Culture will sign at least 500 agreements with private sectors before August 15, 2023. A thousand monuments selected under the scheme are now under the maintenance of the Archaeological Survey of India.
2. Who had developed the World’s first intranasal COVID19 vaccine, Inncovacc?
A. Bharat Biotech International Limited
B. Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance
C. Both
D. None of the above
Ans: C
Explanation – Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare unveiled the iNNCOVACC COVID19 vaccine on 26th January 2023. It is developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) in collaboration with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance (BIRAC), a PSU under the Dept of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
3. The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, had designated the historic centre of Odesa, a strategic port city as a World Heritage in Danger site is located on black sea coast of which country?
A. Ukraine
B. Russia
C. Georgia
D. Turkey
Ans: A
Explanation – The United Nations’ cultural agency, UNESCO, said that it had designated the historic centre of Odesa, a strategic port city on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, a World Heritage in Danger site.
4. A new parcel service has been launched jointly by the Railway and Postal Departments for the first time in which state?
A. Tamilnadu
B. Karnataka
C. Kerala
D. Maharashtra
Ans: A
Explanation – For the first time in Tamil Nadu, a new parcel service called “Joint Parcel Product” launched jointly by the Railway and Postal Department was launched from Coimbatore.
5. Consider the following statements with respect to “She Feeds the World Programme”.
1. PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo and CARE, has launched the ‘She Feeds the World’ program in India to strengthen the role of small-scale women producers through sustainable training and economic support.
2. The program, which will be implemented in the Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, aims to reach out to more than 48,000 women, men and children and indirectly benefit 1,50,000 individuals.
Choose the Correct Statement(S).
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both
D. None of the above
Ans: C
Explanation – PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo and CARE, has launched the ‘She Feeds the World’ program in India to strengthen the role of small-scale women producers through sustainable training and economic support. The program, which will be implemented in the Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, aims to reach out to more than 48,000 women, men and children and indirectly benefit 1,50,000 individuals.
6. Which part of the Earth’s has started rotating in the opposite direction?
A. Crust
B. Inner Core
C. Outer Core
D. Mantle
Ans: B
Explanation – Xiaotong Chang and Yi Yang of Peking University, China, who studied the Earth’s core region, found that the rotation of the inner core “almost stopped in 2009 and then turned in the opposite direction.”
7. Consider the following statements with respect to Falcon 9 and 56 Starlink satellites.
1. 56 Starlink Internet satellites mounted aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Another batch of SpaceX’s second-generation Starlink NET network, known as Gen2, was launched on January 26, 2023 from a Falcon 9 launcher from Cape Canaveral, continuing SpaceX’s second-generation Internet satellite deployment last December 2022.
2. After separation from the rocket, the 56 Starlink spacecraft will deploy solar arrays and run through automated activation steps, then maneuver into their operational orbits using ion engines.
Choose the Correct Statement(S).
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both
D. None of the above
Ans: C
Explanation – 56 Starlink Internet satellites mounted aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Another batch of SpaceX’s second-generation Starlink NET network, known as Gen2, was launched on January 26, 2023 from a Falcon 9 launcher from Cape Canaveral, continuing SpaceX’s second-generation Internet satellite deployment last December 2022. After separation from the rocket, the 56 Starlink spacecraft will deploy solar arrays and run through automated activation steps, then maneuver into their operational orbits using ion engines.
8. People belongs to Telangana had won the Padma Bhushan Award. In which field did they received the awards?
A. Art
B. Public Affairs
C. Trade & Industry
D. Others – Spiritualism
Ans: D
Explanation – Swami Chinna Jeeyar and Shri Kamlesh D Patel who belongs to Telangana state had won the Padma Bhushan Award in the field of Spiritualism.
9. ICC has released the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings. Which country ranked the first place in the list?
A. Afghanistan
B. Bangladesh
C. India
D. Australia
Ans: C
Explanation – ICC has released the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings, in that list India’s Mohammed Siraj ranked 1st place.
10. Consider the following statements with respect to International Holocaust Remembrance Day
1. International Genocide Remembrance Day is observed on 27th January every year.
2. It marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945, where more than a million men, women and children were killed.
3. Guides United Nations Holocaust Remembrance and Education in 2023 on the theme “Home and Belonging”.
Choose the Correct Statement(S).
A. Only 1, 3
B. Only 2, 3
C. All the above
D. None of the above
Ans: C
Explanation – Guides United Nations Holocaust Remembrance and Education in 2023 on the theme “Home and Belonging”. It marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945, where more than a million men, women and children were killed.
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