Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

1. What is the name of the annual state-level Youth Festival organised in Kerala?
[A] Keralotsavam
[B] Kerala Sahavu
[C] Malayala Manorama
[D] Mallu Magic

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2. What is the name of the difference between the total revenue and total expenditures of a country in a year?
[A] Fiscal Deficit
[B] Revenue Deficit
[C] Primary Deficit
[D] Budget Deficit

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3. The New Integrated food security Scheme subsumes two current schemes of which Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
[B] Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
[C] Ministry of Home Affairs
[D] Ministry of Rural Development

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4. Which country has handed over the chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement to India in 2023?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] Ireland
[D] USA

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5. Which institution launched its Medium-term Strategy Framework named ‘Utkarsh 2.0’?
[A] ISRO
[B] RBI
[C] DRDO
[D] NITI Aayog

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6. Who is the head of the Committee set up to discuss measures to protect Ladakh’s culture, language and employment?
[A] Jamyang Tsering Namgyal
[B] Amit Shah
[C] Nityanand Rai
[D] RK Mathur

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7. Which institution has listed restrictive norms of Ministries that violate ‘Make in India’ Plan?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] DPIIT
[C] Central Vigilance Commission
[D] Enforcement Directorate

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8. Who is the first woman officer to be operationally deployed at Kumar Post, Siachen?
[A] Captain Shiva Chouhan
[B] Captain Bhawana Kanth
[C] Captain Avani Chaturvedi
[D] Captain Mohana Singh Jitarwal

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9. India started probe into dumping of which products by China and Hong Kong?
[A] Plastic Toys
[B] Phone Display Panels
[C] Printed Circuit boards
[D] Power Banks

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10. The ‘Brahma Kumaris’ spiritual movement that originated in which state?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Gujarat
[D] West Bengal

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