Current Affairs: 3rd February 2023

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1) What is the name of 1st Indian space mission to
observe the Sun?

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is

A. Samyukth-L1 aiming to launch the Aditya-L1 mission by June or
July 2023.
B. Aditya-L1 • Aditya-L1 is the first Indian space mission to observe
the Sun and the solar corona.
C. Surya-L1 • Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA),
Bengaluru recently handed over one of the most
D. Rakshak-L1 challenging scientific payloads to the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO).

Ans-B
2) Manuela Roka Botey appointed as the first
female Prime Minister of -

• Equatorial Guinea has appointed Manuela Roka

Botey as prime minister.
A. Equatorial Guinea • She became the first woman in the country to hold
the position.
B. Gabon • President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who
has ruled the country since 1979, made the
C. Cameroon announcement in a decree read on state television.
• Ms Rotey was previously the education minister and
D. Nigeria joined the government in 2020. She replaces former
premier Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, who has
been in the position since 2016.
Ans-A
3) Who has been conferred with the FIH’s
President’s award?

• An IAS officer, and private secretary to Odisha CM, V

A. V Karthikeyan Pandian Karthikeyan Pandian has been conferred with FIH’s
President’s award.
B. Saswat Mishra • Pandian was awarded for successfully hosting the
2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 in
C. Ashok Chandra Bhubaneswar and Sundargarh.
• Previously, He successfully organized other hockey
D. Pradip Amat tournaments like the Champions Trophy, Hockey
World League, and FIH Pro-League.

Ans-A
4) Who will become the Theme country at the 2025
Madrid International Book Fair?

• The Ambassador of Spain to India, Jose Maria Ridao

A. Bangladesh has announced that India will be invited as the focal
country at the Madrid International Book Fair in
B. Nepal 2025.
• Aim: To have a direct relationship with Indian authors
C. India • Spain is the theme country at the 46th International
Kolkata Book Fair, organized in Kolkata from 31st Jan
D. Srilanka 2023 to 12th Feb 2023.

Ans-C
5) According to RBI data, the total number of micro
ATMs across India by 2022?

• According to data, released by the RBI, as of

December 2022, the total number of micro ATMs
A. 14.19 lakh across the country has reached 14.19 lakh.
• There were just about 3.56 lakh micro ATMs in India
B. 14.64 lakh in 2020. In December 2021, it rose to 5.9 lakh.
• Meanwhile, cash withdrawals worth ₹19.67-lakh
C. 14.97 lakh crore were done in December 2020. In December
2021, it was ₹25.2-lakh crore, and grew to only about
D. 15.35 lakh ₹25.5-lakh crore by November 2022, when the
number of micro ATMs stood at 13.3 lakh.
Ans-A
6) For the first time in India, Which company has
started exports of aviation gasoline?

• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has started exports of

A. HPCL aviation gasoline, which is used to operate
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and small planes.
B. BPCL • For the first time in the nation's history, India is
exporting fuel.
C. ONGC • The first consignment of 80 barrels of aviation gas
named ‘AV gas 100 LL’ was shipped from the
D. IndianOil Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to Papua New
Guinea.

Ans-D
7) Which country has announced to remove the
British Monarchy from its Banknotes?

• The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced that it

will remove the portrait of the British monarchy,
A. Indonesia Queen Elizabeth II from its A$5 banknotes.
• The new currency notes of the $5 would feature an
B. Australia Indigenous design rather than an image of King
Charles III.
C. Philippines • The other side of the note will continue to feature
the Australian Parliament.
D. Vietnam • King Charles III, who became British monarch, is the
head of state in Australia, NZ, and 12 other
Commonwealth realms outside the UK.
Ans-B
8) Who has become the highest wicket-taker for
Team India in T20I history?

• Yuzvendra Chahal has become the highest wicket-

A. Jayant Yadav taker for Team India in T20I Cricket history.
• He achieved the landmark during the second T20I
B. Yuzvendra Chahal against New Zealand in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
• Chahal has taken 91 wickets in 75 matches, while
C. Kuldeep Yadav Bhuvneshwar Kumar is second on the list with 90
wickets in 87 T201s.
D. Mohammed Siraj • The third bowler in this list is Ravichandran Ashwin
with 72 wickets.

Ans-B
9) Which state government has launched the
"Vision for All School Eye Health" program?
• The government of Goa has launched the Vision for
All School Eye Health program in partnership with
OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation and Prasad
A. Maharashtra Netralaya.
• The Vision for All School Eye Health will focus on
B. Karnataka training 2000 teachers on basic visual acuity tests for
the children in their respective schools, followed by
C. Goa detailed refraction by qualified professionals from
Prasad Netralaya.
D. Kerala • OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation has committed
to providing 25,000 free spectacles to children
identified with refractive error.
Ans-C
10) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented
the Union Budget 2023 for the _____ time in a row.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is the sixth
minister in independent India to present five
consecutive budget.
A. 10th • Sitharaman's budget for the fiscal year starting April
2023 is her fifth straight since 2019.
B. 4th • Other ministers who have presented five straight
annual financial statements include Arun Jaitley, P
C. 3rd Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, Manmohan Singh
and Morarji Desai.
D. 5th • In 2019, Sitharaman became the second woman to
have presented the budget after Indira Gandhi, who
had presented the budget for the financial year
1970-71. Ans-D
11) The Union Budget 2023-24 adopts how many
priorities?

• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while

A. 7 priorities presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 in Lok Sabha,
said that the budget is adopting 7 priorities that will
B. 6 priorities guide us through 'Amrit Kaal'.
• 7 priorities are: (1) Inclusive Development, (2)
C. 2 priorities Reaching the last mile, (3) Infrastructure and
investment, (4) Unleashing the potential, (5) Green
D. 1 priorities Growth, (6) Youth Power & (7) Finance Sector.

Ans-A
12) What is the current year’s economic growth is
estimated at the Union budget 2023?

A. 4% • The Union Budget 2023-24 highlighted that the

current year’s economic growth is estimated to be at
B. 8% 7%, “highest among all the major economies.”
• Finally, with regards to the fiscal deficit, she retained
C. 7% it to the target of 6.4% in the revised estimate for
FY2022-23 and reduced it to 5.9% for the next fiscal.
D. 6%

Ans-C
13) Which Union Minister announced the 'Mahila
Samman Savings Certificate Scheme'?

• Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has

A. Rajnath Singh announced a new scheme for women, "Mahila
Samman Saving Certificate".
B. Piyush Goyal • Mahila Samman Saving Certificate is a one-time new
small savings scheme of the government of India
C. Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Budget 2023.
• The finance minister stated that Mahila Samman
D. Ashwini Vaishnaw Savings Certificate will be made available for a two-
year period up to March 2025.

Ans-C
14) Which state/UT has announced to introduce
1,500 e-scooters at 250 locations?

• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal government is

set to introduce e-scooter services in the city to
A. Kerala mitigate the lastmile connectivity issues.
• By next year, 1500 e-scooters will be introduced
B. Maharashtra across 250 locations.
• As per the Chief Minister, a pilot project will be run
C. Delhi from Dwarka since it has many metro stations and
bus stops.
D. Goa • The scooters will be self-driven, and its users can rent
them using an integrated bus and metro card.
Ans-C
15) Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has launched 400
"Aam Aadmi Clinics" at -

• Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

head Arvind Kejriwal has launched 400 “Aam Aadmi
A. Ludhiana clinics” in Amritsar, Punjab.
• The first set of 100 Mohalla clinics were opened in
B. Jalandhar Punjab last year and more than 10 lakh people had
availed health services in the Mohalla clinics.
C. Amritsar • Aam Aadmi Party has launched the Mohalla Clinics in
2015 when they formed the Government in Delhi.
D. Patiala • 97% of the people taking treatment at the Mohalla
Clinics in Delhi report that the treatment is far better
than other facilities in the territory.
Ans-C
16) For the first time in football history, Which
country has initiated "White Card" in a match?
• A white card was shown for the first time in a
women's cup quarter-final match between Benfica
and Sporting Lisbon in Portugal.
A. France • The card was initiated by Portugal to try and improve
ethical value in the sport.
B. Morocco • It is in contrast with yellow and red cards which are
used to discipline players for misconduct.
C. Spain • The exact purpose and consequence of the card are
yet to be announced.
D. Portugal • When a fan fell ill in the stands, the medical teams
from both the teams rushed to the spot and the card
was shown as an appreciation to the medical teams
for their spirit. Ans-D
17) Who has become the 2nd country to start the
'trade-plus-one' (T+1) settlement cycle?

• After China, India has become the second country in

the world to start the ‘trade-plus-one’ (T+1)
A. India settlement cycle in top listed securities.
• It aims to bring operational efficiency, faster fund
B. Myanmar remittances, share delivery, and ease for stock
market participants.
C. Thailand • Until 2001, stock markets had a weekly settlement
system.
D. Singapore • The markets then moved to a rolling settlement
system of T+3, and then to T+2 in 2003.
Ans-A
18) Which company has acquired the Cloud
Services Start-up "Cloudify"?

• Dell Technologies has acquired Israeli startup

A. Infosys Cloudify that is known for cloud orchestration and
infrastructure automation.
B. Dell • According to reports, Dell spent close to USD 100
million in buying the startup to boost its cloud
C. TATA services business.
• Cloudify is an open source, multi-cloud orchestration
D. Wipro platform.

Ans-B
19) Recently, Which country has announced to allot
land for Indian Industries?

• A joint statement released by India and Egypt at the

summit meeting said that Egypt plans to allot land to
A. Egypt Indian industries in Suez Canal Special Economic
Zone and India can arrange the master plan for the
B. Sudan proposal.
• India has offered to encourage its companies to
C. Israel undertake overseas investments.
• The Suez Canal, under Egyptian jurisdiction, connects
D. Syria the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea and the
Indian Ocean.
Ans-A
20) As per RBI study, Which state has received the
highest GST compensation from the centre?

A. Gujarat • According to a study by the Reserve Bank of India

(RBI), Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat received
B. Maharashtra the top GST compensation, during the five-year
transition period from July 2017 to June 2022.
C. Karnataka • Tamil Nadu was the fourth highest compensation
receiving State, which is followed by Punjab.
D. Tamil Nadu

Ans-B
21) Which state/UT has made a record of planting
90 lakh saplings through 'Har Gaon Hariyali'
initiative?
• In Jammu and Kashmir, Government's ambitious
initiative 'Har Gaon Hariyali' has recorded a
A. Uttarakhand plantation of 90 lakh saplings during the current
fiscal against the set target of plantation of 1.35
B. Jammu & Kashmir Crore seedlings.
• The aim of the department is to bring two third
C. Ladakh geographical area of J&K under the forest and tree
cover.
D. Punjab • The ‘Har Gaon Haryali’ campaign was initiated in
November 2021.
Ans-B
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