Current Affairs  |  January 02  |  2023

In which state, the biggest open air theater festival 'Dhanu Yatra' started after two years?

A. Kerala

B. Tripura

C. Odisha

D. Tami Nadu

The biggest open-air theater festival 'Dhanu Yatra' has started in Odisha's Burgh after a gap of two years. it  is associated with the culture of Odisha. It will be planted from December 27 to January 6, 2023.

Who became the  First woman police commissioner appointed in Noida, Uttar Pradesh?

A. Theena Dabi

B. Lakshmi Sivashankar

C. Lakshmi Singh

D. Gauri Prabhakar

The Uttar Pradesh government has appointed IPS officer Laxmi Singh as the new Noida Police chief, making her the first woman officer to head a Police Commissionerate in the state. The 2000-batch officer, who replaced Alok Singh in Gautam Buddh Nagar.

Which state/UT government has included a lesson on India's first Muslim woman teacher, Fatima Shaikh, in the textbook?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Kerala

C. Tamil Nadu

D. Goa

Andhra Pradesh government has introduced a lesson on Fatima Shaikh's contribution in class 8 textbooks.

Fatima Sheikh 9 January 1831 Poona, Bombay Presidency, British India  – Died 9 October 1900 was an Indian educator and social reformer, who was a colleague of the social reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule She is widely considered to be India's first Muslim woman teacher.

Which state/UT has launched the Project Nilgiri Thar?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Kerala

C. Tamil Nadu

D. Goassam

The Government of Tamil Nadu has announced the 'Nilgiri Tahar Project', a first-of-its-kind initiative in India aimed at restoring the original habitat of the state's animals and stabilizing their population. The 'Nilgiri Tahar Project' is a five-year project with a budget of 25.14 crores.  The species has become locally extinct in around 14% of its traditional habitat in the past few decades.

The India-assisted 720 MW Mangdachu Hydroelectric Project was recently handed over to which country?

A. Bangladesh

B. Sri Lanka

C. Bhutan

D. Afghnistan

The India-assisted 720 MW Mangdachu Hydroelectric Project was recently handed over to Bhutan's Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC).

India’s first underwater metro service, the East-West Metro Corridor project is expected to be completed by which date?

A. (d) September 2024

B. December 2024.

C. December 2023

D. March 2024

According to the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation, India’s first underwater metro service, the East-West Metro Corridor project is expected to be completed by December 2023.

Aung San Suu Kyi is the national leader of which country who was convicted and jailed for seven more years in corruption cases?

A. Nepal

B. Japan

C. Myanmar

D. China

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her.

Who has been elected as President of Kerala Olympics Association?

A. Jayesh George

B. Vian Sandeep Kumar

C. V Sunilkumar

D. Abraham Koshi

V Sunilkumar been elected as President of Kerala Olympics Association.

Who has won India’s first-ever Silver medal in the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan?

A. Tania Sachdev

B. Hou Yifan

C. Koneru Humpy

D. Harika Dronavalli

Former world rapid champion Koneru Humpy has won India’s first-ever Silver medal in the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Which state has clinched the title by defeating Odisha 6-5 in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men’s Under-18 qualifier title in Bhubaneswar?

A. Rajasthan

B. Maharashtra

C. Uttar Pradesh

D. Gujarat

In hockey, Madhya Pradesh clinched the title by defeating Odisha 6-5 in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men’s Under-18 qualifier title in Bhubaneswar.

Hockey Haryana’s women’s team won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Women’s Under 18 Qualifiers after defeating Madhya Pradesh (2-0) in the final at Bhubaneswar.

Bangladesh launched its first metro rail service in the capital Dhaka in December 2022, which of the following country funded the metro rail project?

A. Japan

B. China

C. India

D. Russia

Bangladesh launched its first metro rail service with Japanese assistance to ease commuting in the capital Dhaka, one of the most congested cities in the world.

Who becomes becomes first person ever to lose $200 billion?

A. Gautam Adani

B. Bill Gates

C. Elon Musk.

D. Warren Buffet

Elon Musk has the notorious distinction of becoming the first person ever to lose $200 billion, Bloomberg reports. Now worth $137 billion, Musk had a net worth of $340 billion in November 2021.

Which of the following year announced as the “International Year of millets”?

A. 2020

B. 2021

C. 2022

D. 2023

The Government of India sponsored the proposal for International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 which was accepted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The declaration has been instrumental for the Government of India to be at the forefront in celebrating the IYM.