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AFFAIRS
04 JANUARY 2023
1. The country’s largest city forest is being (a) Bill Gates/
developed in the Uttar Pradesh temple city of (b) Bernard Arnault/
which place? (c) Elon Musk/
(d) Gautam Adani/
Ans.(c)
(a) Vindhyachal/ • Times Person of the Year 2021
(b) Ayodhya/ Elon Musk
(c) Vrindavan/
• Elon Musk buy Twitter – $ 44 Billion
(d) Kashi Vishwanath/
• 1st Person to used "Brain Chip" – Elon Musk
Ans.(c)
• Largest Forest City in India
Vrindavan, U.P. 4. According to the Center for Monitoring Indian
• Mathura – Zero Carbon City – 2041 Economy (CMIE) data, India's unemployment
• Sant Kabir Academy & Research Centre rate reached at what percent in December,
– Uttar Pradesh which is the highest in 16 months?
• 1st Muslim Crack NDA Exam – Sania Mirza, (CMIE)
Uttar Pradesh

2. Who among the following has became India’s (a) 5.98% (b) 6.86%
78th Grandmaster? (c) 7.87% (d) 8.30%
Grandmaster Ans.(d)
NSO
(a) Koustav Chatterjee/ (NSO – National Statistical Office)
(b) Aditya Mittal/
NITI Ayog
(c) Pranav Anand/
(d) Bharath Subramaniyam/ – 8.3%
Ans.(a)
• Grand Master – Chess Player 5. Which of the following judges disagreed with
• 2022 Grand Master – 5 the Supreme Court's 4:1 majority decision to
• 1 Grand Master – V. Anand
st demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as an
• 77th Grand Master – Aditya Mittal economic policy?
• 78th Grand Master (2023) – K. Chatterjee,
West Bengal
• All India Chess Federation HQ – Chennai
• FIDE Vice – Chairman – V. Anand (a) BV Nagarathna/
• Chess Olympiad 2022 – Chennai (b) S Abdul Nazeer/
(c) A S Bopanna/
3. Recently who has became the first person to (d) V Ramasubramanian/
lose $200 billion from his net worth?
Ans.(a)
$200
• Supreme Court – New Delhi

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 • 49th C.J.I – U.U. Lalit • Central Detective Training Institute
• 50th C.J.I – D.Y. Chandrachud Devanabhalli, Karnataka
• – 8 Nov 2016 • National Sugar Institute – Kanpur
• 22th Law Commission of India • Central Rice Research Institute – Cuttack
– Ritu Raj Awasthi • National Tribal Research Institute
• Law Minister – Kiran Rijiju – New Delhi

6. BCCI has announced that Dexa test will be 9. Which program has been laun ched for
mandatory for Indian players to be selected Ayurveda professionals to regulate and
for the national team, Dexa test is done for promote R&D in Ayurveda?
which of the following?
BCCI
Dexa test Dexa test
(a) SMART/ (b) CHARAKA/
(a) Blood Cholesterol Test/ (c) SUSHRUTA/ (d) SHODHAK/
(b) High Mineral Density Test Ans.(a)
• – Prajawala
(c) Red Blood Cell Test/ • – Amrit Bharat
(d) Bone Density Test/ • – Nijaat
Ans.(d) • AYUSH – S. Sonowal
• YoYo Test – Fitness
• Dexa Test – Bone Density 10. Which country has taken over the Presidency
• BCCI Head – Roger Binny of the Council of the European Union for the
• National Cricket Academy – Bengaluru first six months of 2023?

7. Recently Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji passed

away, he was related to which of the following? (a) France/ (b) Germany/
Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji (c) Finland/ (d) Sweden/
Ans.(d)
(a) Lingayat Pontiff and Famous Seer • Eurozone – 20 Euro
• 20th – 1 Jan 2023 – Croatia
(b) Vallabha Sampradaya/ • E.U. – 27
(c) Dasanami Sampradaya/ – Head office – Brussels, Belgium
(d) Nath Sampradaya/ • E.U. Council
Ans.(a) –6
• Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji, Karnataka – Jan – June 2023 – Sweden
(Lingayat ) – July – Dec 2023 – Spain
• Amou Haji, Iran ( )
• Kamal Narayan Singh, India 11. Which country has formally embraced the
( CJI) euro as its currency, making it the 20th
member state of the European Union?
8. Home minister Amit Shah has laid the
foundation stone of the Central Detective
Training Institute (CDTI) at Devanahalli in
which state? (a) Serbia/ (b) Hungary/
Devanahalli (c) Croatia/ (d) Slovenia/
(CDTI) Ans.(c)
(a) Telangana/ 12. Who has been appointed as the next Chairman
(b) Tamil Nadu/ and Chief Executive Officer of the Railway
(c) Karnataka/ Board?
(d) Kerala/
Ans.(c)

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 (a) Anil Kumar Lahoti/ 15. Which country Scientists have developed a
(b) VK Tripathi/ new water purification system that can
(c) Ajay Kumar Srivastava/ effectively remove Microplastics from water
(d) Praveen K Srivastava/ in just 10 seconds?
Ans.(a)
13. India got its first In vitro fertilization (IVF) Microplastics
mobile unit for animals in which state's
Amreli? (a) Japan/
Amreli (b) America/
vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile unit (c) China/
(d) South Korea/
(a) Maharashtra/ Ans.(d)
(b) Madhya Pradesh/ 16. Which state has launched a public welfare
(c) Gujarat/ umbrella initiative named ‘Didir Suraksha
(d) Arunachal Pradesh/ Kawach’ and ‘Didir Doot’ ?
Ans.(c) ‘Didir Suraksha Kawach’ ‘Didir
14. Recently by what percent has the government Doot’
increased the interest rates on Kisan Vikas (a) Odisha/
Patra Yojana for January-March 2023? (b) West Bengal/
Kisan (c) Bihar/
Vikas Patra Yojana (d) Jharkhand/
Ans.(b)
(a) 0.10% (b) 0.20% • Didir Doot – West Bengal
(c) 0.30% (d) 0.40% • Didir Suraksha Kavach – West Bengal
Ans.(b) • Laxmi Bhandar Scheme – West Bengal
• KVP – Kisan Vikas Patra • Godhan Nyay Yojana – Chattisgarh
– • SAAHAY Yojana – Jharkhand
– 7% 7.2%
KVP
• NSC – National Saving Certificate
–
– 6.8% 7%

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