19January MCQ : Current Affairs Quiz 19January 2023
In this article, we will discuss all the important Current Affairs MCQs of 19 January with full explanations. Where we will discuss the daily current affairs quiz’s questions and answers. So read all the important 19 January MCQs carefully.
Current Affairs Quiz / 19 January MCQ Current Affairs
19 January Current Affairs MCQ – Questions
1. Govt declares ________ as a ‘Free Area’ for purposes of Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009.
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Delhi
(c) Ladakh
(d) J&K
2. Which among the following is not Sri Lanka’s main bilateral creditor?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) India
(d) Singapore
3. Who was appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser in National Security Council Secretariat for a period of two years?
(a) Hem Dixit
(b) Pankaj Kumar Singh
(c) Roshan Kumar
(d) Vipin Tiwari
4. With which state Gogoro and Belrise signed a $2.5 bn agreement on Battery-swapping Infra-?
(a) Bihar
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala
5. LHS 475 b is a-
(a) Satellite
(b) Planet
(c) Exoplanet
(d) Solar System
6. The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) has discontinued the scheme of interest subsidy on education loans for overseas studies named Padho Pardesh, which of the following banks was the designated nodal bank of the scheme?
(a) Indian Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Canara bank
(d) Union Bank of India
7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said any person looking to acquire more than __________________ stake in a bank will need prior approval from the regulator.
(a) 5 percent
(b) 10 percent
(c) 15 percent
(d) 20 percent
8. The Indian district of ________ has become the country’s first constitution-literate district.
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kochi
(c) Dehradun
(d) Lucknow
9. Who has received the first-ever Federal Bank Literary Award 2022 for his autobiography ‘Oranweshananthinte Katha’?
(a) Pradeep Kharola
(b) Aryama Sundaram
(c) R Venkataramani
(d) K Venu
10. India, ______ explore co-op in biotech, AI & quantum tech & oceanography.
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Russia
(d) Australia
11. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has informed us that by which year the entire country will be covered by the Doppler weather radar network to predict extreme weather events more accurately.
(a) 2024
(b) 2025
(c) 2026
(d) 2027
12. Which of the following payment banks has received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit?
(a) Airtel Payments Bank
(b) India Post Payments Bank
(c) Fino Payments Bank
(d) Paytm Payments Bank
13. Current Budgeted Fiscal Deficit of Govt of India is-
(a) Rs 16.01 lakh crore
(b) Rs 15.61 lakh crore
(c) Rs 16.61 lakh crore
(d) Rs 14.61 lakh crore
14. Recently, India has announced the donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to which country?
(a) Cuba
(b) Ghana
(c) Sudan
(d) Zimbabwe
15. Indian Scientists have first identified and reported the solitary waves in the magnetosphere of which planet with the help of high-resolution electric field data recorded by a Nasa spacecraft?
(a) Venus
(b) Mars
(c) Mercury
(d) Jupiter
19 January MCQs – Answers
1. (d)
Govt declares the whole UT as a “Free Area” for purposes of Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009, and in supersession of notification S. 0 424 dated 05.09. 2022 after Govt on being satisfied that no cases of #LumpySkin Disease were reported.
2. (d)
Singapore is not Sri Lanka’s main bilateral creditor. China, Japan, and India are Sri Lanka’s biggest bilateral creditors and their financing assurances are critical to getting a $2.9 billion package from the IMF; Japan is also expected to send assurances soon.
3. (b)
Retired director general of the Border Security Force (BSF), Pankaj Kumar Singh was appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser in National Security Council Secretariat for a period of two years.
4. (b)
The state of Maharashtra has signed a deal with Taiwan’s Gogoro and automotive system maker Belrise Industries under which the two firms will invest $2.5 billion over eight years in building battery-swapping infrastructure across the state.
5. (c)
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovers a new exoplanet named LHS 475b. Recently, a new exoplanet named LHS 475b has been discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
6. (c)
All banks were notified by the Indian Banks’ Association last month about the discontinuation of the Padho Pardesh Interest Subsidy Scheme from 2022-23. The scheme so far was being implemented through Canara Bank, the designated nodal bank.
7. (a)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said any person looking to acquire more than a 5 percent stake in a bank will need prior approval from the regulator.
8. (d)
The Indian district of Kollam has become the country’s first constitution-literate district. The announcement was made by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
9. (d)
Noted writer K Venu has bagged the first-ever Federal Bank Literary Award 2022 for his autobiography ‘Oranweshananthinte Katha’.
10. (c)
Russian and Indian scientists, representatives of universities, and relevant ministries took part in the 12th meeting of the Russian-Indian Working Group on Science and Technology.
11 .(b)
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has informed that by 2025, the entire country will be covered by the Doppler weather radar network.
12. (d)
Paytm Payments Bank has received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit.
13. (c)
The government has budgeted a fiscal deficit to be Rs 16.61 lakh crore or 6.4 percent of the GDP in the current year ending March 2023.
14. (a)
India has announced, the donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to Cuba. The pentavalent vaccine provides protection to a child from five life-threatening diseases Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, and Hib.
15. (b)
The Navi Mumbai-based Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has identified and reported the solitary waves in the Martian magnetosphere with the help of high-resolution electric field data recorded by a Nasa spacecraft.
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