Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2023

31. What is ‘Magnaporthe oryzae’ which was seen in the news recently?
[A] Plant
[B] Fungus
[C] Bacterium
[D] Insect

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32. Which state passed a bill to provide reservation in state government jobs from 60 percent to 77 percent?
[A] Kerala
[B] Jharkhand
[C] West Bengal
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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33. ‘Hanuman Plover Bird’ is a species endemic to which countries?
[A] India and Sri Lanka
[B] USA and Canada
[C] Australia and New Zealand
[D] Japan and Indonesia

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

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35. Who is the first Indian woman to be named as a ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’?
[A] Smriti Mandana
[B] Harmanpreet Kaur
[C] Mithali Raj
[D] Deepti Sharma

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

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37. The ‘Vote from Home’ Initiative has been introduced for the first time in the Assembly Elections of which state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Karnataka
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Odisha

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38. ‘Yerevan’ is the capital city of which country?
[A] Armenia
[B] Argentina
[C] Azerbaijan
[D] Iran

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39. IMBIE, which was seen in the news, is associated with assessment of which entity?
[A] Melting of Earth’s ice sheets
[B] Sun’s Temperature
[C] Moon’s Temperature
[D] Melting of Mars’s ice sheets

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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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