Vision IAS Current Affairs 2023 : January Affairs 2023
61. The development cost of the Bikaner Solar Power Project is ₹5492 crore and viability gap funding support of ₹44.72 lacks per megawatt. Who laid the foundation stone of state-owned energy firm SJVN’s 1,000 MV Bikaner Solar Power Project?
1. Mansukh Mandaviya
2. Narendra Modi
3. Amit Shah
4. Droupadi Murmu
5. Nirmala Sitharaman
Option “4” is correct. President Droupadi Murmu laid the foundation stone of state-owned energy firm SJVN’s 1,000 MV Bikaner Solar Power Project. The solar power project is being developed on 500 acres near the village of Banderwala, district Bikaner of Rajasthan.
62. Which state became the first state to have a welfare board for the beneficiaries of employment guarantee programmes called ‘The Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS)’ in the country?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. West Bengal
4. Assam
5. Himachal Pradesh
Option “2” is correct. The Kerala Cabinet approved a scheme to ensure those employed under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) in the poll-bound state get benefits like pension and medical assistance.
63. Which of the payment bank has received banking regulator RBI’s nod to appoint Surinder Chawla as its Managing Director and CEO?
1. Paytm Payments Bank
2. Jio Payments Bank
3. Airtel Payments Bank
4. Post Payments Bank
5. Ujjivan Payments Bank
Option “1” is correct. Paytm Payments Bank has received banking regulator RBI’s nod to appoint Surinder Chawla as its Managing Director and CEO.
64. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will auction how much crore rupees of sovereign green bonds (SGrBs) in two tranches that will help in reducing the carbon intensity of the economy?
Option “2” is correct. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will auction ₹16,000 crore of sovereign green bonds (SGrBs) in two tranches. The RBI will auction 5-year and 10-year green bonds worth ₹4,000 crore each on 25 January and on 9 February, and this would be a uniform price auction.
65. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a Maharatna and a Fortune Global 500 Company, has announced the launch of Low Smoke Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) for which of the Indian force?
1. Indian Army
2. Indian Coast Guard
3. Indian Navy
4. Indian Air Force
5. ITBP
Option “1” is correct. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a Maharatna and a Fortune Global 500 Company, has announced the launch of Low Smoke Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) for the Indian Army in Jammu.
66. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or NRI Day is formally observed on 9 January to celebrate the day when Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa to Mumbai, India. Which edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has been celebrated in India for the year 2023?
1. 18th
2. 15th
3. 17th
4. 16th
5. 19th
Option “3” is correct. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 has conducted in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, from 8–10 January, 2023. It is important to note that this is the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, or NRI Day.
67. Give the name of Indian-origin Sikh woman who became the first ever female Sikh judge in the US after she was sworn in as a Harris county judge.
Option “2” is correct. Indian-origin Sikh woman, Manpreet Monica Singh became the first ever female Sikh judge in the US after she was sworn in as a Harris county judge. Born and brought up in Houston, after her father immigrated to the US early in the 1970s, Singh currently lives in Bellaire with her husband and two children.
68. The theme of World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi Diwas 2023 is “Hindi – Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence”. On which day World Hindi Day is observed?
1. 10th January
2. 9th January
3. 8th January
4. 14th January
5. 11th January
Option “1” is correct. World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi Diwas is celebrated on 10th January every year to promote awareness about the language across the world. This year, the 12th World Hindi Conference will be organised in Fiji by the Foreign Ministry in collaboration with the Fiji government from February 15 to 17.
69. The Cherchera festival is celebrated on the full moon night of the ‘Paush’ Hindu calendar month. Where the Cherchera festival is celebrated to express the happiness and joy of taking crops to their homes after cultivation?
1. Chhattisgarh
2. Telangana
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Kerala
5. West Bengal
Option “1” is correct. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel celebrated the Cherchera festival at Dudhadhari Math in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Cherchera festival of Chhattisgarh is celebrated on the full moon night of the ‘Paush’ Hindu calendar month.
70. Which of the following has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to carry out logistic operations in the Himalayan frontier after carrying out successful trials of the multi-copter conducted at Sikkim?
1. ISRO
2. DRDO
3. HAL
4. BEL
5. Tata Advance Systems
Option “2” is correct. The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to carry out logistic operations in the Himalayan frontier. The DRDO-developed UAV is capable of flying in the Himalayan Environment with 5kg of payload and even dropping bombs in the areas required.
