Current Affairs: 5th April 2023

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1) Which company has recently acquired Karaikal
Port?

• Adani Group has acquired Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd in the

Union Territory of Puducherry for Rs 1,485 crores.
A. Reliance Group Adani Port CEO Karan Adani said that Adani Group is
now operating 14 ports in India. From the group's
B. Adani Group side, Rs 850 crores will be spent on the development
of this port. Along with this, the CEO of Adani Port
C. Hinduja Group said that the capacity of the port will be doubled in
the next 5 years. The acquisition was completed after
D. Tata Group getting approval from the National Company Law
Tribunal. Karaikal Port located in the Karaikal district
of Puducherry was established in 2009.
Ans-B
2) Who has become the fastest Indian to take 50
wickets in IPL history?

• Pacer Khaleel Ahmed of Delhi Capitals marked the

record of the fastest Indian to take 50 wickets in IPL
A. Khaleel Ahmed history. In the match played at Ekana Stadium,
Lucknow, Khaleel achieved this record by taking 2
B. Amit Mishra wickets. Earlier, this record was registered in the
name of Amit Mishra. Amit Mishra had earlier taken
C. Yajuvendra Chahal 50 wickets in 37 IPL matches. The record for the
fastest 50 wickets in IPL history is held by South
D. Deepak Chahar African fast bowler, Kagiso Rabada who achieved this
record in only 27 IPL matches.
Ans-A
3) Which country’s king arrived India on a three-day
visit in April 2023?

A. Nepal • Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

arrives in India for three-day visit.
B. Bhutan • King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck,
arrived at the airport in New Delhi.
C. Myanmar • He is accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
and External Trade, Dr. TandiDorji and senior officials
D. Thailand of the Bhutan government.

Ans-B
4) India-U.S. air exercise ‘Cope India’ will be
conducted from April 10 to 21 in which state?

• India-U.S. air exercise ‘Cope India’ will be conducted

A. Karnataka from April 10 to 21.
• The Air Forces of India and the U.S. will take part in
B. Rajasthan the Cope India exercise from April 10 to 21 at the
Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal.
C. West Bengal • Japan will be the observer of the ‘Cope India’
exercise. The aim of the exercise is too intense air
D. Manipur manoeuvres for improving interoperability.

Ans-C
5) China announced the renaming of 11 places in
Arunachal Pradesh. Which of the following states
doesn’t share a border with china?

• The Chinese government unilaterally renamed 11

A. Himachal Pradesh places in Arunachal Pradesh and claimed it as South
Tibet.
B. Uttarakhand • It is the third time, China has unilaterally renamed
places in Arunachal Pradesh. The first two such lists
C. Assam were released in 2018 and 2021.
• China also released a map which shows parts of
D. Sikkim Arunachal Pradesh inside the southern Tibetan
region.

Ans-C
6) Parliament has passed the Competition
(Amendment) Bill, 2023. It amends the ______.

• Parliament has passed the Competition

A. Competition Act, 2002 (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
• Rajya Sabha approved the bill on 03 April 2023
B. Competition Act, 2003 without discussion. Lok Sabha already passed the bill
on 29 March 2023.
C. Competition Act, 2004 • The Bill seeks to amend the Competition Act, 2002. It
D. Competition Act, 2005 will regulate mergers and acquisitions based on the
value of transactions.

Ans-A
7) Which African country is going to launch its first
operational Earth observation satellite?

• African country Kenya is recently going to launch its

A. Kenya first operational Earth observation satellite named
‘Taifa-1’ by April 11, 2023. The Kenya Space Agency
B. Namibia will blast this spacecraft with a SpaceX Falcon 9
rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in
C. Morocco California. According to Kenya's Ministry of Defence,
the satellite will provide data for diverse sectors
D. Zimbabwe including agriculture and food security. Kenya is an
East African country and its capital is Nairobi.

Ans-A
8) Who has been appointed as the new Managing
Director by Suzuki Motorcycle India?

A. Rajiv Kumar • Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited has

appointed Kenichi Umeda as the new Managing
B. Abhishek Goyal Director of the company. Umeda has replaced
Satoshi Uchida whose term has recently ended. He
C. Kenichi Umeda has experience of more than 27 years. As the new
Managing Director of the company, he has discussed
D. S Vishwanathan giving priority to customer-centric facilities.

Ans-C
9) The World Bank has cut India's growth rate for
FY2024 from 6.6% to how much?

• The World Bank has reduced India's growth rate for

A. 6.5 Percent FY2024 to 6.3% from its previous estimate of 6.6%.
Besides this, the World Bank has cited the challenge
B. 6.35 Percent of recession and external conditions. The World Bank
has estimated that private consumption growth is
C. 6.30 Percent expected to escalate to 6.9% in FY2024. The World
Bank has projected that consumer price index (CPI)
D. 6.20 Percent based inflation will be contained to 5.2% in FY2024,
from 6.6% in the recently concluded financial year.

Ans-C
10) Who has been appointed as executive director
of RBI?
• On April 3, the Reserve Bank of India appointed Niraj
Nigam as Executive Director (ED), who will look after
four departments including consumer education and
A. Deepak Kumar protection.
• Before being promoted as ED, he was working as
B. Neeraj Nigam head of the Bhopal Regional Office of the RBI.
• Niraj Nigam has served in the Reserve Bank's Central
C. Ajay Kumar Office as well as Regional Offices in the areas of
regulation and supervision, human resource
D. Radha Shyam Ratho management, premises, currency management, bank
accounts and other areas for more than three
decades.
Ans-B
11) Who took over as the 40th President of the
FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO)?

• Sudha Shivakumar has taken over as the 40th

President of the FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO). The
A. Sudha Shivkumar organization is the oldest women-led and women-
centred trade body in South East Asia. Sudha is a
B. Jai Yashvardhan lawyer and investment banker by profession. Ms
Shivakumar has been the President of the FLO
C. Ajay Kapur Chennai Chapter from 2016 to 2017. The Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is a
D. Soumya Swaminathan non-governmental trade association based in India
and was established in 1927.
Ans-A
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