Current Affairs: 25th April 2023

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1) Which of the following state government has
launched a ‘Salokha Yojana’ in the state?

• The Maharashtra government launched a ‘Salokha

Yojana’ in the state.
A. Maharashtra • This scheme provides an opportunity for farmers to
exchange their agricultural land in lieu of a nominal
B. Tamil Nadu registration fee of Rs 1,000 and a stamp duty of Rs
1,000.
C. Gujarat • The aim of the scheme is to resolve disputes
between farmers regarding land ownership and
D. Himachal Pradesh possession, promote harmony in society and increase
peace and harmony among them.
• The scheme will be valid for the next two years.
Ans-A
2) Who cricket player has been appointed as
JioCinema’s brand ambassador?

• JioCinema, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s

Viacom18, has signed up Rohit Sharma, captain of
A. Virat Kohli the men’s cricket India, as its brand ambassador.
B. Rohit Sharma • The cricketer will build on the OTT platform’s vision
of making sports viewing synonymous with digital.
C. Harleen Deol
• As part of this collaboration, Rohit will be working
D. Harmanpreet Kaur with the JioCinema team to promote their digital-first
approach towards sports viewing.
Ans-B
3) Who has been appointed as Deputy Managing
Director of HDFC Bank?

• Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment

of Kaizad Bharucha as Deputy Managing Director and
A. Aryama Sundaram Bhavesh Zaveri as Executive Director of the bank for
three years.
B. Kaizad Bharucha
• This appointment reinforces Bharucha’s position as
C. Bhavesh Zaveri number two in the bank after Sashidhar Jagdishan,
who was appointed CEO in October 2020.
D. Sashidhar Jagdishan
• The bank’s board recommended Jagdishan for
another three-year term last month.
Ans-B
4) Who has been appointed as the new chairman of
the National Technical Research Organization
(NTRO)?
• Arun Sinha has been appointed as the new chairman of
the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) by
A. Ajay Bhadoo the Government of India.
• Sinha is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre. He was
the acting chairman of NTRO before becoming the
B. R Venkataramani chairman.
• NTRO is a technical intelligence agency based in India. It
C. Mukul Rohatgi works under the National Security Advisor in the Prime
Minister’s Office and was established in 2004.
D. Arun Sinha • The agency follows the same “norms of conduct” as other
intelligence agencies in India such as the Intelligence
Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing.
Ans-D
5) Who has become the first woman officer in the
Indian Air Force to be presented with a gallantry
award?
• Wing Commander Deepika Misra has become the first woman
officer in the Indian Air Force to be presented a gallantry award.
• Wing Commander Mishra, a Rajasthan-based helicopter pilot,
has been awarded the Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) for
A. Shivangi Singh “extraordinary courage” displayed during a flood relief
operation in Madhya Pradesh.
B. Deepika Misra • IAF chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari presented the Yudh
Seva Medal and other awards to several officers and air
C. Bhawana Kanth warriors at an Investiture Ceremony held at the Air Force
Auditorium in Subroto Park here.
• While two IAF officers were awarded Yudh Seva Medal, 13
D. Avani Chaturvedi officers, and air warriors received Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry),
13 officers Vayu Sena Medal and 30 Vishisht Seva Medal.
• A total of 58 persons, 57 from the IAF and one from the Army
received the awards. Ans-B
6) Who has clinched two gold medals at Archery
World Cup 2023 Stage 1 in Antalya, Turkey?

• India won two gold medals, one each in the mixed

A. Ankita Bhakat team event and women’s individual Compound, at
the Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 1 in Antalya,
B. Tarundeep Rai Turkey.
• Indian mixed team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and
C. Jyothi Surekha Ojas Pravin Deotale outclassed Chen Yi Hsuan and
Chem Chieh Lun of Chinese Taipei 159-154 to win the
Vennam mixed team gold.
• The second gold came in the women’s individual
D. Dola Banerjee Compound event after Jyothi Surekha Vennam
defeated Sara Lopez of Columbia 149-146.
Ans-C
7) Who has been selected as a finalist for the Aster
Guardians Global Nursing Award 2023?

A. Alok Chakrawal • Shanti Lakra, a nurse from India, has been selected as
a finalist for the Aster Guardians Global Nursing
B. Ramesh Kandula Award 2023.
• The winner of the award will receive a cash prize of
C. Brijesh Kumar $25,000 and will be announced in May 2023.
• The award recognizes and honors exceptional nurses
Upadhyay from around the world who have made significant
contributions to patient care.
D. Shanti Lakra • Lakra works as a nurse in a hospital in Port Blair.

Ans-D
8) Which of the following has won the GREEN4SEA
Tanker Operator award for its ‘leadership role in
global tanker management’?
• Synergy Group, which operates a fleet of more than 560 vessels,
has won the GREEN4SEA Tanker Operator award for its
A. Tata Group ‘leadership role in global tanker management.’
• The award recognizes excellence in the tanker industry and is
one of the most prestigious awards in the maritime sector.
B. Reliance Industries • Founded in 2006 by Captain Rajesh Unni, the group took home
the award through a representative during a hybrid event held
Limited in Athens.
• Instituted by the SAFETY4SEA shipping and maritime news
portal, the awards recognise operational excellence and
C. Mahindra Group industry leadership in the tanker sector. Synergy employs over
24,000 seafarers worldwide,
D. Synergy Group • Synergy Group was recognized for its outstanding performance
in the tanker sector and its commitment to safety, sustainability,
and innovation. Ans-D
9) What is the theme of Earth Day 2023?

• Earth Day is observed every year on April 22.

A. End Plastic Pollution • Objective – To raise awareness of the rapidly-rising

levels of pollution, climate change, and other
B. Restore Our Earth circumstances.

C. Invest in our Planet • Theme 2023 – Invest in our Planet

D. Climate action • Senator Gaylord Nelson established Earth Day in the

1970s to promote ecology and increase public
awareness of issues pertaining to the environment.
Ans-C
10) India has recently signed an Air Services
Agreement (ASA) with which country to facilitate
easier travel between the two nations?
• India has signed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with
Guyana to facilitate easier travel between the two
nations.
A. Tanzania • The agreement was signed between Public Works
Minister Bishop Juan Edghill and India’s High
Commissioner to Guyana KJ Srinivas in the presence of
B. Guyana EAM S Jaishankar, who is on a 3-day visit to Guyana.
• The agreement’s signing is consistent with the
C. Oman government’s objective to establish ties between Guyana
and the rest of the world.
D. Singapore • It will also complement the more than 50 air service
agreements Guyana has negotiated with other ICAO
governments for the advancement of interstate air travel.
Ans-B
11) World Book Day is observed every year on
which day?
• World Book Day is observed ever year on 23 April.
• It is organized by United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization.
A. 20 April • The first World Book Day was celebrated on 23 April in
1995.
• Theme 2023 – Indigenous Languages
B. 21 April • 23 April is a symbolic date in world literature. It is the date
on which several prominent authors, William
C. 23 April Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la
Vega all died.
D. 22 April • This date was a natural choice for UNESCO’s General
Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide
tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging
everyone to access books. Ans-C
12) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set up a committee
to investigate the disappearance of 1095 ponds in Kanpur
Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The bench will be headed by _____.
• The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set up a
committee to investigate the disappearance of 1095
ponds in Kanpur Dehat, a district in the northern
A. Nidhi Khatri Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
• The bench will be headed by NGT Chairman Justice
B. Sunil Bajpai Adarsh Kumar Goel.
• The committee has been directed to submit a factual
C. Sanjay Agrawal report on the issue to the NGT within two months.
• The petitioner Meghraj Singh through a plea stated
D. Adarsh Kumar Goel that the survey of ponds was conducted in 2011-12
for fisheries. 1975 ponds were found suitable for
fisheries but hundreds of ponds encroached.
Ans-D
13) Which state government has launched the One
Panchayat, One Playground project for reviving the
sports culture in the State?
• The Kerala government has launched a project for reviving
the sports culture in the State by opening quality
playgrounds in every panchayat of the southern state.
• The ‘One Panchayat, One Playground’ project was
A. Tamil Nadu inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at
Kallikkad here where he said that a good sports culture was
B. Odisha essential for building a healthy and happy society.
• The playgrounds would serve as a hub of local gatherings
C. Andhra Pradesh and social interactions. The project will address the lack of
quality playgrounds in around 450 local bodies in the State.
• Each playground would cost around Rs one crore, half of
D. Kerala which would be footed by the Sports department and the
rest would be raised from the MLA and local body funds,
through CSR, public private partnerships, etc.
Ans-D
14) India has proposed to develop a G20 park in which city,
to symbolize ‘togetherness on the path of development’ as
part of its year-long presidency of the organization?
• India has proposed to develop a G20 park in New Delhi to
symbolize ‘togetherness on the path of development’ as
A. Bengaluru part of its year-long presidency of the organization.
• It will showcase sculptures depicting national animals and
birds of the G20 countries made with the Waste to
B. New Delhi wonder concept.
• The art pieces will be created on-site in a 20-day-long
C. Hyderabad national camp mode from 21 April 2023 and till 1 May
2023.
D. Ahmedabad • Each art piece will be made of scrap and other waste
material sourced from the yards of New Delhi Municipal
Council and other agencies.
Ans-B
15) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is
preparing to develop around 10,000 km of optic fiber cable
(OFC) infrastructure across India by which financial year?
• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to develop
around 10,000 kilometres of Optic Fibre Cables (OFC) infrastructure
across India by the fiscal year 2025.
• NHAI’s special purpose vehicle National Highways Logistics
A. 2024 Management Limited (NHLML) will be handling the project of
implementing the network of “digital highways” by developing
integrated utility corridors along the national highways to develop
B. 2025 Optic Fibre Cables infrastructure.
• As per the report, around 512 km on the Hyderabad-Bangalore
C. 2026 corridor and 1,367 kms on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway have
been identified by the authority to carry out the pilot tracks for the
development if digital highways.
D. 2027 • The OFC network will facilitate internet connectivity to remote
regions across India and will assist in accelerating country’s shift to
the modern-age telecommunication technologies like 5G & 6G.
Ans-B
16) What is the rank of India in the World Bank’s
Logistics Performance Index 2023?

• India has reached the 38th spot on World Bank’s

Logistics Performance Index.
A. 39tn
• In 2014, India was ranked 54th. It climbed 16 places
B. 38th from 2014 to 2022. India is now ranked 38 in the 139
countries index, up from 44 in 2018
C. 40th
• LPI is an interactive benchmarking tool created to
D. 35th help countries identify the challenges and
opportunities on trade logistics and scope of
improvement.
Ans-B
17) Who has been appointed as the Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD) of BEML Limited?
• Shantanu Roy has been appointed as the Chairman
and Managing Director (CMD) of BEML Limited
(Bharat Earth Movers Limited), a Miniratna PSU
A. Rajiv Kumar under the Ministry of Defence.
• Roy is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from NIT,
B. Shantanu Roy Raipur. He also has an MBA in Financial
Management.
C. Binesh Kumar Tyagi • Roy is presently serving as Director (Mining &
Construction Business) in the same organization and
D. Laxman Narasimhan has over 30 years of extensive experience in capital
goods sectors for defense, mining & construction,
transportation, transmission, renewable, and large
power projects. Ans-B
18) The Walt Disney Company-owned Star Sports
has signed which cricketer as its latest brand
ambassador?
• The Walt Disney Company-owned Star Sports has
signed cricketer Rishabh Pant as its latest brand
A. Virat Kohli ambassador.
• The company said it also has other cricketers as its
B. Rohit Sharma ‘Believe Ambassadors’ like Hardik Pandya, Ravindra
Jadeja, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer.
C. KL Rahul • Star Sports said it only had two ambassadors in 2017.
Cricketer Virat Kohli is also part of this association.
D. Rishabh Pant • The ambassadors will represent different parts of the
country as well as different IPL Teams.
Ans-D
19) Who has been appointed as the new Senior
Vice President of Technology at Zypp Electric?

• Gajendra Arya has been appointed as the new Senior

A. Pradeep Kharola Vice President of Technology at Zypp Electric.

B. Aryama Sundaram • Gajendra Arya has worked with companies like Ola,
Samsung, and Vodafone.
C. R Venkataramani
• Zypp Electric is a leading electric scooter sharing
D. Gajendra Arya platform in India, providing sustainable last-mile
connectivity solutions.

Ans-D
20) In which country the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) will open its first overseas
office of the bank?
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a host
member agreement to officially open the bank’s first
A. Bangladesh overseas office, an Interim Operational Hub (the
Hub), in Abu Dhabi.
B. Oman • The new foreign office in Abu Dhabi will support the
AIIB’s development agenda by funding sustainable
C. Singapore economic development projects, primarily in areas
where it is most needed.
D. UAE • The AIIB is a multilateral development bank that
prioritizes financing infrastructure projects focused
on sustainability.
Ans-D
21) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of
the MMA-1 Federation?

• The legendary wrestler and coach, Mahavir Singh

Phogat has been appointed as the Chairman of the
A. Mahavir Singh Phogat MMA-1 Federation.

B. Vinesh Phogat • Mahavir is responsible for promoting mixed martial

arts (MMA) in India.
C. Geeta Phogat
• As the Chairman of the MMA-1 Federation, Phogat
D. Gayatri Gopichand will work towards developing and promoting MMA in
India, with a focus on identifying and nurturing
young talent in the sport.
Ans-A
22) Who has been appointed as the military adviser
to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)?
• Former vice chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Marshal
Sandeep Singh has been appointed as the military
adviser to the National Security Council Secretariat
A. Atul Anand (NSCS).
• Singh retired as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff on
B. Sandeep Singh January 31, 2023 after a military career spanning
almost four decades.
C. Pankaj Kumar Singh • Air Marshal Sandeep Singh was commissioned in the
IAF as a fighter pilot on December 22, 1983.
D. Sanjay Jasjit Singh • General Anil Chauhan was the military adviser to the
NSCS before being appointed chief of defence staff in
September 2022.
Ans-B
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