Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2023

31. Which fungus is associated with a recent outbreak of “atypical” pneumonia at a Paper Mill in Michigan, USA?
[A] Yeast
[B] Blastomyces
[C] Mushrooms
[D] Molds

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32. Who has been conferred with the ‘Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023’?
[A] Urjit Patel
[B] Shaktikanta Das
[C] Amartya Sen
[D] Utsa Patnaik

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33. In which year, the indirect discrimination was recognized in the equality jurisprudence by the Supreme Court?
[A] 1992
[B] 2002
[C] 2010
[D] 2018

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34. What is the full form of ULIP, that has been launched under National Logistics Policy?
[A] Uniform Logistics Interface Platform
[B] Unified Logistics Interface Platform
[C] Uniform Logistics Industry Platform
[D] Unified Logistics Industry Platform

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35. Which Union Ministry has developed the ‘National Climate Vulnerability Index’?
[A] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
[B] Ministry of Science and Technology
[C] Ministry of Power
[D] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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36. What is the name of the device developed by scientists of Houston Methodist Academic Institute, which delivers drugs directly to pancreatic tumors?
[A] Nanofluidic drug-eluting seed
[B] Micro Drug
[C] Robotic drug delivery device
[D] Cancer drug delivery system

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37. Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor is located in which country?
[A] Russia
[B] Finland
[C] Austria
[D] Germany

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38. Which country hosts the multilateral defence exercise named ‘Orion’?
[A] France
[B] USA
[C] UAE
[D] Israel

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39. Which country is the host of the multinational air Exercise INIOCHOS-23?
[A] India
[B] Indonesia
[C] Greece
[D] USA

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40. Which institution released a report titled ‘State of Global Climate’?
[A] WMO
[B] IMF
[C] WEF
[D] UNEP

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