General Awareness – January 2nd Week 2023 – PDF

1. In which state did Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Youth Festival on January 12, 2023?

2. Prime Minister has launched the government’s........................ Programme on the lines of the Aspirational District Programme that was lagging on various development parameters, during the 2nd National Conference of Chief Secretaries, which was held on January 5-7, 2023.

3. The 28th edition of ......................, India's largest student-run festival begins at IIT Madras that will be held from 11th to 15th January 2023.

4. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a 120-foot-tall statue of a polo player riding a polo at Marjing Polo Complex in .......................

5. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the '.............................' Light and Sound Show at Red Fort, in New Delhi in which India's history of thousands of years has been integrated.

6. The Ministry of Culture has organized a grand curtain raiser cultural program '.....................'-Symphony of Ganga' on the launch event of the world's longest river cruise, Ganga Vilas at Varanasi.

7. Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (retd) has approved the ........................ percent horizontal reservation to domicile women of the state in the government jobs bill.

8. Which is the first state to have a welfare board for the beneficiaries of employment guarantee programmes in the country?

9. Which were the two popular destinations in Karnataka to be promoted as a part of the new Tourism policy 'The Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme, which focuses on revving up destination tourism?

10. Kerala’s '...........................' Project was recognized as the best practices model at the National Conference on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

11. The ‘.......................’ initiative is aimed at empowering children to learn with happiness that was launched by Tripura State Government.

12. The Mongeet festival started in the year 2020 as a movement of arts and music that aims to nurture the upcoming musical talents is celebrated in which state?

13. United States announced that it will extend COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions, known as ...................... to expel migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti.

14. Which Country's lawmakers have passed new rules that let local chip firms turn 25% of their annual research and development expenses into tax credits?

15. Which Indian language is set to be taught in public schools in Western Australia?

16. Who was nominated by UAE to preside over the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai?

17. Neeru Yadav, fondly known as ‘Hockey Wali Sarpanch’ has inked a pact with ..................to start the Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO)with the assistance of SIIRD (Society of Indian Institute of Rural Development).

18. Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board signed a MoU with chapters of ...................countries of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) at the 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention.

19. Which cricket legend released the Techno-educationalist, Professor K.K. Abdul Gaffar’s autobiography, ‘Njaan Sakshi’ (me as the witness)?

20. The Reserve Bank of India will auction ......................... crore of sovereign green bonds  in two tranches worth ₹4,000 crore each on 25 January and on 9 February, based on uniform price auction.

21. RBI told banks and other financial institutions to end London Interbank Offered Rate by ......................., 2023 and move to any Alternative Reference Rates.

22. Which Fintech platform received in-principle authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as an online payment aggregator (PA)?

23. Which was the fastest payment app that was launched in India on 9th January 2023, and is built with the finest technology of web 3.0?

24. In a major boost to the film and entertainment industry, PVR-Inox merger has been approved by the ......................

25. China's Alibaba Group sold a 3.1% stake in Indian digital payments firm .................... for a total of $125 million through a block deal.

26. Who hasd instructed members of the UPI ecosystem to allow non-resident account types such as non-resident external (NRE)/ non-resident ordinary (NRO) accounts having international mobile numbers to get onboarded and transact through UPI.

27. Reserve Bank of India issued the list of ................... credit rating agencies that banks can use for the purpose of risk weighting banks' claims for capital adequacy purposes.

28. Which Bank has launched e-Bank Guarantee (e-BG) facility in association with National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) that will bring about a revolutionary change in the banking ecosystem?

29. Paytm Payments Bank has received banking regulator RBI's nod to appoint .......................as its Managing Director and CEO.

30. Who has been appointed as the first women Chief Secretary of Telangana?

31. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has announced the launch of its ‘360° Financial Protection with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance’ digital-first campaign featuring cricketer ......................

32. Meta announced the appointment of former Tata CLiQ CEO ...................as the director of global business group in India.

33. Nutrition company Herbalife Nutrition India Private Limited is partnering with international women’s cricketer,........................ as a ‘nutrition sponsor’.

34. The Japan Air Self Defense Force and the Indian Air Force will participate in the joint air exercise "......................." starting on January 12, 2023 at Hyakuri Air Base in Japan.

35. First female fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF), squadron commander .........................., will participate in the inaugural air exercise Veer Guardian 2023.

36. Indian Coast Guard ship '.......................' the Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) which is designed, built, and delivered by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd to Indian Coast Guard was commissioned in Kolkata, West Bengal.

37. e-NAM, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has won the .................... Award in the Digital Empowerment of Citizens Category in Digital India Awards 2022 held in New Delhi.

38. Who was announced as the 2022 recipient of its "Award for Global Leadership" by Harvard Law School Center in recognition of his lifetime service to the legal profession in India and across the world?

39. Vivek Agnihotri's film '................' has been shortlisted for Oscars 2023.

40. Which city was the most polluted city in India in 2022 with PM 2.5 levels more than double the safe limit?

41. Which country has retained its position as the most favourible passport in the world, according to the latest Henley Passport Index?

42. Which country will host 'The Voice of Global South' Summit' on January 12-13?

43. Mascot named ..................... of 5th edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2022 unveiled in Bhopal.

44. Men's Hockey World Cup, 2023 has began with a spectacular opening ceremony at the picturesque ................Stadium in Cuttack.

45. Hockey India has launched a new metaverse product called ........................ to tie in with its hosting of the Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13-29.

46....................... portal will be launched by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to facilitate mentorship for start-ups across diverse sectors, and geographies, and will go live on January 16.

47. Which Startup firm developed the 5G-enabled drone that is capable of vertical take-off and landing?

48. Who has been appointed as NASA’s new chief technologist to serve as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programmes at the space agency’s headquarters?

49. The Armed Forces Veteran' Day is celebrated on .............. every year.

50. Indian army day 2023 is celebrated on .......................2023 and it mark the 75th anniversary of the Indian army day.

51. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or NRI Day is formally observed on ......................to celebrate the day when Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa to Mumbai, India.

52. 12th World Hindi Conference will be organised in .................... by the Foreign Ministry  from February 15 to 17, 2023.

53. Padma Awardee ........................, an Indian Surgeon and Gastroenterologist, who was known as the ‘father of laparoscopic surgery in India’ passed away, at the age of 88.

54. Which is the 1st Indian district to implement cutting-edge 5G use cases proposed by startups?

55. Former India cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and drone market Garuda Aerospace have launched a a surveillance drone named ‘.....................’