Current affairs JKSSB MCQ January 2023
- When is Sashastra Seema Bal’s raising
day celebrated?
(a) December 12
(b) December 15
(c) December 19
(d) December 20
2. Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari launches one of India’s first-ever Surety Bond Insurance products
with which organization?
(a)
Bajaj
Allianz
(b)
(b) Reliance
(c)
(c)
Sahara
(d)
(d)
HDFC
3. Who took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of
the Counter Insurgency Force Kilo?’
(a) Sanjiv Singh
(b) Mohit Seth
(c) Gaurav Jaiswal
(d) Sanjay Kumar
4. ‘Rythu Bandhu’ is a flagship scheme of which Indian
state/UT?
(a)
Telangana
(b)
(b) Goa
(c)
(c).
Madhya Pradesh
(d)
(d) Karnataka
5. What is the name of the fifth Scorpene submarine of
Project 75?
(a)
INS
Kalavari,
(b)
(b)
INS Khanderi
(c)
(c) INS Vagir
(d)
(d) INS Kharanj
6. Which country is the host of the ‘UN Biodiversity
Conference- COP15’?
(a) India
(b) Australia
(c) China
(d) Canada
7. What is the name of the P15B stealth-guided missile
destroyer commissioned into the Indian Navy?
(a)
INS
Mormugao
(b)
(b)
INS Kolkata
(c)
(c)
INS Kochi
(d)
(d)
INS Chennai
8. What is the name of the country’s first Green steel brand
recently launched?
(a)
Kalyani
Ferresta
(b) Zeremis
(c) HBIS group
(d) Iberdrola
9.Which is the only university in India to get an A grade by
NAAC?
(a)
Delhi
University
(b) Maharshi Dayanand
University
c) Guru Nanak Dev University
(d) Chandigarh
University
10.Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has won which
award in the Digital India Awards 2022?
(a)
Platinum
Icon
(b) Bronze Icon
(c) Gold Icon
(d) Silver Icon
11. Which country has partnered with PTC India for the supply
of power from the Indian power market?
(a)
China
(b) Japan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Bhutan
12.Which country has
launched a ‘Group of Friends’ to promote accountability for crimes against
peacekeepers?
(a)
Bangladesh
(b) China
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) India
13. Which Indian movie song has been shortlisted in the best
song category at Oscar 2023?
(a)
Naatu
Naatu
(b) Kesariya
(c) Varaha Roopam
(d) Manike
14.Which institution
released the ‘2022 in Nine Charts’ report?
IEA
(b) UNEP
(c) World Bank
(d) IMF
15. According to the Finance Ministry's latest report, what
is India’s gross domestic product growth in the first half of 2022-23?
(a)
9.4
(b) 9.9
(c) 9.1
(d) 9.7
16.Which Indian movie has been shortlisted for the “International
Feature Film” category in Oscar 2023?
(a)
KGF
(b) Chhello Show
(c) RRR
(d) Bahubali
17. Who has been appointed as the Chief of Southern Command
of the Indian Army?
1. Amardeep Singh
Bhinder
(b) Surinder Singh Mahal
(c) Ajai Singh
(d) Upendra Dwivedi
1. (d) December 20Sashastra Seema Bal
celebrates its '59th Raising Day' on
December 20 with a dedication
to a safe, secure,
and prosperous India.
Sashastra Seema Bal, or SSB, is an Indian border security organization
that patrols the country's borders with
Nepal and Bhutan.
It is one
of the five Central Armed Police Forces and is
overseen by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In the aftermath of the 1962
India-China conflict, it was thought that the frontiers of India should need an
extra force along with
the Tri-Forces (Indian
Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force).
2. (a) Bajaj AllianzNitin
Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and
Highways, has inaugurated
one of India's first Surety Bond Insurance products from
Bajaj Allianz. In response to the product introduction, Gadkari stated
that India is
well on its
way to becoming a
$5 trillion economy.
According to him, insurance will play a significant part in this rise.
The Minister expressed
confidence that increasing our
road network will
lead to improved wealth, job
opportunities, and social connectedness.
3.
(b) Mohit SethMajor General Mohit
Seth assumed command of
Counter-Insurgency Force Kilo
as the General Officer
Commanding (GOC). Major General Sanjiv Singh Slaria on
surrendering the command transferred to Headquarters Northern Command,
Udhampur. During the reign of Major General Sanjiv Singh Slaria, the Kilo Force
took notable advances toward peace and security in North Kashmir.
4. (a) TelanganaThe
'Rythu Bandhu' initiative
is being implemented by
the state of
Telangana. Through this scheme, the government provides agricultural
investments to farmers at a rate of $10,000 per acre for both the Kharif and Rabi
seasons. The state government plans to deposit Rs. 7,600
crores in farmers'
bank accounts by January, just in time for the Sankranti
celebration.
5. (c) INS VagirThe fifth
submarine, INS Vagir
of Project 75, Kalvari
Class submarines, Yard
11879, was handed to
the Indian Navy
on December 20, 2022.
Project 75 envisions
the indigenous manufacture of six
Scorpene-style submarines. Vagir,
which was launched
on November 12, 2020,
began sea testing
on February 1, 2022,
and it is a source of great pleasure because she has completed all key trials,
including weapon and sensor trials, in
the lowest amount of time in comparison to previous
submarines.
6. (d) CanadaThe
United Nations Biodiversity
Conference, often known as COP15, was held in Montreal, Canada.
Governments from across the world have gathered to agree on a new set of
environmental targets for the next decade. Negotiators at a UN biodiversity
conference struck an agreement to invest USD 200 billion in biodiversity
assistance by 2030.
7. (a) INS MormugaoOn
December 18, 2022, INS Mormugao (Pennant 67),
a P15B stealth-guided missile
destroyer, was commissioned into
the Indian Navy.
This was the second
of the four
'Visakhapatnam' class destroyers to
be inducted. The
ship was developed in-house
by the Navy's
Warship Design Bureau and
built by Mazagon
Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)
in the country's financial center, Mumbai.’
8.
(a) Kalyani FerrestaSteel Minister
Jyotiraditya Scindia unveiled KALYANI FeRRESTA,
India's first green
steel brand, in New Delhi on December 21, 2022. This first-of-its-kind
steel was created by the Kalyani Group, a Pune-based steel manufacturer,
utilizing renewable energy resources, leaving no carbon footprints in the
environment. Scindia delivered the
keynote presentation and
described the event as a paradigm
change in the steel sector. According to him, India is leading the countries
that have committed
to achieving carbon neutrality through green steel
manufacturing.
9. (c) Guru Nanak Dev UniversityThe Guru
Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar, has received an A grade
after obtaining 3.85 points in
the National Assessment
and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
grading, making it
the first university in
India to do so. Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann congratulated the
institution on its achievement, saying it was the product of everyone's hard work.
He expressed hope that all of the state's universities will emulate Guru
Nanak Dev University
in order to bring honour to the state.
10. (a)
Platinum IconThe
Smart Cities Mission,
Ministry of Housing & Urban
Affairs has won
the Platinum Icon
at the
Digital India Awards
2022 for their
effort "DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities via
Data". The prize was announced in the 'Data Sharing and Use
for Socio-Economic Development' category.
11. (d)
BhutanBhutan, through Druk Green Power Corporation, has
entered into a deal
with PTC India to purchase power from the Indian power
market during the dry winter season. Bhutan will soon begin acquiring up to
600 MW of power from the
Indian power market through PTC.
12. (d) IndiaDuring its
current UN Security
Council leadership, India created
a 'Group of
Friends' to pursue accountability for
atrocities against peacekeepers. S Jaishankar,
External Affairs Minister,
declared that
New Delhi would
soon have a
database that will record
all atrocities against
peacekeepers. The group's co-chairs
are India, Bangladesh,
Egypt, France, Morocco, and Nepal. India, one of the
most significant troop
contributors to UN
peacekeeping, has lost 177 peacekeepers in the line of duty.
13. (a)
Naatu NaatuRRR's filmmakers are
overjoyed as they move closer to the Oscars. The infectiously popular song
'Naatu Naatu' from the hit Telugu film has been
nominated for an Oscar in 2023. As a result, Naatu Naatu
has become the first
Indian song to be nominated for an Academy Award.
14. (c) World BankAccording to the
World Bank's '2022 in Nine Charts' study, the world is
experiencing its most significant decline since 1970,
and 685 million people may be living
in severe poverty
by the end
of 2022. After 2020, this would make
2022 the second-worst year for poverty reduction in the last two decades.
15. (d)
9.7According to the
most recent statistics
from the Finance Ministry,
India's GDP growth
in the first half
of 2022-23 is
expected to be
9.7%. The Ministry disclosed this
in its mid-year spending and income
statement. The ministry
stated that the global
macroeconomic situation had
interrupted the government's estimates,
preventing it from presenting the medium-term expenditure
framework (MTEF) as required by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
Act.
16.
(b) Chhello ShowChhello Show,
directed by Pan
Nalin, is a
Gujarati-language
coming-of-age story about
a young boy's love
affair with a
film in a Saurashtra hamlet.
The film, produced by
Siddharth Roy Kapur
and Dheer Momaya, is on the
international feature film shortlist. The "Chhello Show" crew
expressed their gratitude and excitement at the Academy's recognition of their
sincere dedication to the cinematic medium.
17. (c) ajai Singh Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar
Singh has taken over as General Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern
Command of the
Indian Army. He
is an alumnus of
the National Defence
Academy, Pune, and the Indian Military
Academy, Dehradun. He was
commissioned into the
7/11 Gorkha Rifles
in December 1984.