1. Which of the following country will assume chairmanship of the plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement for a year on January 1, 2023?
(a) India
(b) Maldives
(c) Bhutan
(d) Mauritius
Answer/Explanation:
Ans.(a)
Exp. India to assume chairmanship of Wassenaar arrangement on 1 Jan 2023
India will assume chairmanship of the plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement for a year on January 1, 2023.
At the 26th annual plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement held in Vienna from November 30- December 1, Ireland’s ambassador Eoin O’Leary handed over the chairmanship to India’s ambassador Jaideep Mazumdar.
India joined the Wassenaar Arrangement on December 08, 2017, as its 42nd participating state.
2. Who has been appointed as Secretary of the Department of School Education & Literacy?
(a) Vinay Mohan Kwarta
(b) Aramane Giridhar
(c) T V Somanathan
(d) Sanjay Kumar
Answer/Explanation:
Ans.(d)
Exp. Sanjay Kumar appointed as secretary of Department of School Education
AS Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as Secretary of the Department of School Education & Literacy.
He replaced Anita Karwal IAS upon her superannuation on November 30, 2022.
3. Stephanie Frappart has become the first woman to referee men’s FIFA World Cup. She is from which country?
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) UK
(d) USA
Answer/Explanation:
Ans.(a)
Exp. Stephanie Frappart becomes 1st female referee at men’s World Cup
Stephanie Frappart of France has become the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match.
France’s Frappart is one of three women referees among the 36 selected for the tournament in Qatar, alongside Rwandan official Salima Mukansanga and Japan’s Yoshimi Yamashita
She officiated the match to be played between Germany and Costa Rica in Group E.
4.Which state has hired management consultancy McKinsey to achieve the target of doubling its GSDP?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Odisha
(d) Telangana
Answer/Explanation:
Answer: (b)
Notes:
Uttarakhand has hired McKinsey, a global management consultancy, to help in achieving the target of doubling its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the next five years.
The State has the target of doubling GSDP from ₹2.73 lakh crore to ₹5.5 lakh crore by achieving a CAGR of 15% in the next five years. McKinsey has signed a two-year agreement with the state government under Shashakt Uttarakhand mission.
5.Which country has successfully used steam to propel Moon spacecraft?
(a) USA
(b) UAE
(c) Japan
(d) China
Answer/Explanation:
Answer: (c)
Japan’s space agency Jaxa has announced that it has successfully used steam to propel its spacecraft, which was launched as one of the payloads aboard Nasa’s Orion spacecraft.
As per JAXA, this is the world’s first successful orbit control beyond low-Earth orbit using a water propellant propulsion system.
6. Former Leader Jiang Zemin passed away recently at the age of 96. He was the former president of which country?
(a) South Korea
(b) North Korea
(c) Japan
(d) Vietnam
Answer/Explanation:
Ans.(d)
Exp. Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin passes away
Former President of China Jiang Zemin passed away recently at the age of 96.
He was the Communist Party general secretary for 13 years.
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002.
7.India supported the proposal of which country to include digitization in International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Strategic Plan?
(a) USA
(b) Russia
(c) UAE
(d) South Africa
Answer/Explanation:
Answer: (c)
India supported UAE’s proposal to include the element of digitization in the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO)next Strategic Plan.
UAE also proposed the adoption of a maritime single window system as a part of the digitization initiative to help in resolving the regulatory bottlenecks faced in the marine industry. This was announced by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW).
