Current Affairs January 2023 1000+ MCQ with answer for LIC ADO

1. Who will launch the 'MAARG Portal' for startup mentorship?
A. Amit Shah
B. Rajnath Singh
C. Arun Jaitley
D. Piyush Goyal
Answer : D

2. In which city did the government impose a temporary ban on the plying of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers?
A. Pune
B. Delhi
C. Chennai
D. Surat
Answer : B

3. In which city will the first G-20 meeting take place on January 31st?
A. Ludhiana
B. Puducherry
C. Faridabad
D. Nashik
Answer : B

4. In which city did the Indian Army inaugurate the first-ever two-storey 3-D printed dwelling unit?
A. Hyderabad
B. Mumbai
C. Patna
D. Ahmedabad
Answer : D

5. Which country considers Arunachal Pradesh to be an inherent part of its territory and calls it South Tibet?
A. India
B. China
C. Cuba
D. France
Answer : B

6. Which country imposed a 5-day curfew in the capital due to a respiratory illness report?
A. North Macedonia
B. Netherlands
C. Nigeria
D. North Korea
Answer : D

7. What is the new deadline for the extension of FCRA registration of NGOs by the Home Ministry?
A. March 12
B. March 31
C. March 15
D. March 25
Answer : B

8. Which country appointed Sonia Guajajara as the first Minister of Indigenous People?
A. Bhutan
B. Bahamas
C. Brazil
D. Benin
Answer : C

9. Which state launched 'The Nilgiri Tahr' project to protect the state animal?
A. Kerala
B. Assam
C. Sikkim
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer : D

10. How many teams were announced for the first season of the Women's Premier League?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer : C

11. Q6 President Murmu inaugurated the 18th National Jamboree of the Bharat Scouts and Guides in which state?
A. Kerala
B. Rajasthan
C. Goa
D. Haryana
Answer : B

12. In which state did the Health Minister, Naba Kishore Das, die after being shot by a policeman?
A. Assam
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Jharkhand
Answer : C

13. In which year was R Vishnu Prasad recognized as the Most Eminent Scientist?
A. 2021
B. 2023
C. 2022
D. 2020
Answer : C

14. To which profession did Nilmani Phukan belong before passing away?
A. Poet
B. Writer
C. Singer
D. Musician
Answer : A

15. Who initiated the 'Summit for Democracy'?
A. The President of Nepal
B. The President of the UAE
C. The President of France
D. The President of the United States
Answer : D

16. Which state aims to be the first 'Green Energy State' by 2025?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh
Answer : D

17. In the 2023 Hockey World Cup, which team registered the biggest win in Hockey World Cup history?
A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Netherlands
D. India
Answer : C

18. PM Modi flagged off the World's Longest River Cruise, Ganga Vilas, in which city will the cruise conclude?
A. Patna
B. Kolkata
C. Dibrugarh
D. Guwahati
Answer : C

19. In which city will the 83rd All India Presiding Officers (Assembly Speakers) Conference be held?
A. Patna
B. Delhi
C. Jaipur
D. Faridabad
Answer : C

20. Which state is the first in the country to implement a blindness control policy?
A. Nagaland
B. Mizoram
C. Rajasthan
D. Punjab
Answer : C

21. According to the Henley Passport Index 2023, which country has the most powerful passport in the world?
A. UK
B. Japan
C. India
D. USA
Answer : B

22. To which country did India supply five lakhs COVID vaccine doses?
A. Algeria
B. Argentina
C. Afghanistan
D. Azerbaijan
Answer : C

23. Where will the first India Stack Developer Conference be held?
A. Ahmedabad
B. Pune
C. Jaipur
D. New Delhi
Answer : D

24. ISRO is set to launch a satellite made by how many school girls studying in government schools?
A. 1000
B. 750
C. 500
D. 350
Answer : B

25. DRDO celebrated its ___ Foundation Day on 01 Jan 2023.
A. 62nd
B. 67th
C. 65th
D. 63rd
Answer : C

26. Makar Sankranti will be observed on January 15th 2023. Since what year has the day been observed as the International Kite Festival at Ahmedabad, Gujarat?
A. 1987
B. 1988
C. 1989
D. 1990
Answer : C

27. Health Minister chaired a high-level meeting to eliminate Kala-azar (Black fever) from the country by which year?
A. 2020
B. 2021
C. 2023
D. 2018
Answer : C

28. India has assumed the presidency of the plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement for how many years from 1 January 2023?
A. Two Years
B. Five Years
C. One Year
D. Three Years
Answer : C

29. Which state government launched the second edition of the Kanti Velugu scheme?
A. Goa
B. Manipur
C. Telangana
D. Haryana
Answer : C

30. Union Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy virtually inaugurated PRASHAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive) projects at Govardhan, Mathura in which state?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh
Answer : C

31. Which country will have a Doppler Weather Radar network by 2025?
A. Iran
B. Iraq
C. Ireland
D. India
Answer : D

32. Where was the successful event of Womaniya on Government eMarketplace celebrated?
A. Varanasi
B. Noida
C. Gurgaon
D. New Delhi
Answer : D

33. The 10th edition of the Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) begins in which country?
A. Bahrain
B. Bahamas
C. Bangladesh
D. Brazil
Answer : C

34. Who conferred the 2022 Digital India Awards?
A. India
B. Italy
C. Israel
D. Iran
Answer : A

35. Who was appointed as the Economic Counsellor and Head of the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by succeeding Gita Gopinath?
A. Enrico Moretti
B. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
C. Thomas Piketty
D. Emmanuel Saez
Answer : B

36. Who will inaugurate 500 'Aam Aadmi Clinics' (Mohalla Clinics) across Amritsar?
A. Goa's Chief Minister
B. Jharkhand's Chief Minister
C. Punjab's Chief Minister
D. Haryana's Chief Minister
Answer : C

37. In which state did CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launch the Free Mobile Tablet scheme for class 10 and 12 students of state government schools?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Bihar
C. Punjab
D. Rajasthan
Answer : A

38. Who has recently been appointed as NASA's new chief technologist?
A. A.C. Charania
B. Bhavya Lal
C. Kamlesh Lulla
D. Meyya Meyyappan
Answer : A

39. Who launched the 'National Logistics Portal (Marine)' of the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways?
A. Shri Narayan Tatu Rane
B. Sarbananda Sonowal
C. Mansukh Mandaviya
D. Amit Shah
Answer : B

40. Recently the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for three capital acquisitions, what is the value of the proposal?
A. Rs 3,996 crore
B. Rs 4,276 crore
C. Rs 6,876 crore
D. Rs 7,576 crore
Answer : B

41. In which state did the Indian Navy conduct the AMPHEX 2023 mega exercise?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer : D

42. Which state's Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, inaugurated the Regional Conference on 'e-Governance' in Mumbai?
A. Maharashtra
B. Uttarakhand
C. Manipur
D. Mizoram
Answer : A

43. For which year has Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited been honoured with the 'Best Small Bank Award'?
A. 2020
B. 2021
C. 2022
D. 2023
Answer : C

44. Which city won the Spanish Super Cup for the 14th time?
A. Granada
B. Barcelona
C. Alicante
D. Salamanca
Answer : B

45. In which city did the Union Minister Sonowal and the Tripura CM inaugurate the School of Logistics, Waterways, and Communication?
A. Guwahati
B. Shillong
C. Agartala
D. Itanagar
Answer : C

46. Which song from an Indian film won the Golden Globe award 2023 for Best Original Song?
A. Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar
B. Naatu Naatu
C. Pasoori
D. Kalakatha
Answer : B

47. Which country's population has dropped for the first time since 1961?
A. Oman
B. China
C. Cyprus
D. Haiti
Answer : B

48. Which company's James Webb Space Telescope discovered a new exoplanet named LHS 475b?
A. DRDO
B. ISRO
C. SAARC
D. NASA
Answer : D

49. In which city did Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurate the School of Logistics, Waterways, and Communication?
A. Ahmedabad, Gujarat
B. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
C. Agartala, Tripura
D. Hazira, Gujarat
Answer : C

50. On January 15th 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad with which city?
A. Visakhapatnam
B. Kochi
C. Bengaluru
D. Chennai
Answer : A