Daily Current Affairs Quiz: April 27, 2023

April 27, 2023

Consider the following statements:
1 World Development Report 2023 was recently released by International Monetary Fund.
2. Sree Mahavishnu Temple, seen recently in news, is located in Kerala.
3. WHO recently reported contaminated India-made cough syrup specimen from Marshall Islands and Micronesia.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 2 & 3 only
(C) 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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ANSWER: B

Consider the following statements:
1 World Development Report 2023 is titled “Migrants, Refugees and Societies”.
2. Thirunelli Temple is the only temple in the world where the devotees can perform all the rituals related to one’s life.
3. Diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol are toxic to humans when consumed.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 2 & 3 only
(C) 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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ANSWER: D

Consider the following statements:
1 World Development Report 2023 has introduced the labour economics’ concept of ‘Match-Motive Framework’.
2. Thirunelli Temple is also known as ''Sahyamala Kshetram'' and ''Kashi of the South'.
3. Central Drugs Standard Control Organization comes under the purview of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 2 & 3 only
(C) 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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ANSWER: A

Consider the following statements:
1 SFIO is a multi-disciplinary organization under Ministry of Finance.
2. It has the power to arrest accused people for violation of Company law.
Which of the following statements is/ are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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ANSWER: B

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), which increased its capacity in FY23, has completed 23 investigations during the year, up from 13 in the year before.
SFIO is a multi-disciplinary organization under Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Headquarter: New Delhi
It consist experts in field of accountancy, forensic auditing, law, information technology, investigation, company law, capital market and taxation for detecting and prosecuting or recommending for prosecution white-collar crimes/frauds.
It was accorded statutory status under Companies Act, 2013.
Has the power to arrest accused people for violation of Company law.
Computer Forensic and Data Mining Laboratory (CFDML) was setup in 2013 to assist officers of SFIO on investigations.

Consider the following statements:
1 “The Big Catch-up” is an international initiative to capture Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO).
2. It will have a particular focus on 20 countries including India.
Which of the following statements is/ are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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ANSWER: B

A consortium of organizations such as the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, Immunization Agenda 2030 and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are implementing the “The Big Catch-up”.
It is a targeted global effort to boost vaccination among children aiming to reverse the declines in childhood vaccinations driven by COVID-19 pandemic.
It will have a particular focus on 20 countries including India where three quarters of the children who missed vaccinations in 2021 live.
It will strengthen healthcare workforces, improve health service delivery, build demand for vaccines and address obstacles to restoring immunization.

Consider the following statements:
1 A Zero Shadow Day is a day on which the Sun does not cast a shadow of an object at solar noon.
2. ZSD happens twice a year for all locations on earth.
Which of the following statements is/ are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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ANSWER: A

At 12:17 PM IST on April 25, Bengaluru and at all places along the 130 north Latitude experienced a ‘Zero Shadow Day’.

About ‘Zero Shadow Day’(ZSD)

A ZSD is a day on which the Sun does not cast a shadow of an object at solar noon, when the sun will be exactly at the zenith position(highest point in the sky)
ZSD happens twice a year for locations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
One ZSD falls during Uttarayan (movement of the Sun from south to north from winter solstice to summer solstice) and one other during Dakshinayan (back from north to south).
- The dates will vary for different locations on Earth.
Uttarayan and Dakshinayan happen because Earth’s rotation axis is tilted at an angle of roughly 23.5° to the axis of revolution around the Sun.
When the Sun is at the zenith its rays make the shadow exactly under it, making it look like no shadow.

Consider the following statements:
1 Parkash Singh Badal held the post of CM of Punjab for record 7 terms.
2. He was also awarded with Padma Vibhushan.
Which of the following statements is/ are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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ANSWER: B

Parkash Singh Badal, a former Chief Minister of Punjab and leader of the Akali Dal, has passed away at the age of 95 in Mohali.
Badal was born in Abul Khurana, a village in Punjab near the Rajasthan border, and received his education at Lahore’s Forman Christian College.
He started his political career as a village sarpanch and went on to contest assembly elections for the first time in 1957 as a member of the Congress party.
He became the youngest Chief Minister of Punjab at the age of 43.
CM terms 1970-1971, 1977-1980, 1997-2002, 2007-2012, 2012-2017.
Badal received the Padma Vibhushan award, the second-highest civilian honour in the country from the government in 2015.
- He had returned the same in 2020 in protest against the treatment of protesting farmers by the Central government.

India’s First Water Metro was recently inaugurated in-

(A) Mumbai
(B) Chennai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Kochi

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ANSWER: D

PM recently inaugurated the first phase of Kochi Water Metro in Kerala – first-ever metro system of its kind.
It’s a public boat service integrated with the metro rail network.
The project is being implemented by Kochi Metro Rail Corporation with the financial assistance provided by a German funding agency.
Objective- to link ten island communities in Kerala’s city with the mainland
Kochi Water Metro is a modern ferry transport project consisting of numerous boats running along 16 routes across Greater Kochi.
The boats in the Kochi Water Metro are powered by batteries and require only 10 to 20 minutes to traverse each route.

Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu has recently become the president of-

(A) Iran
(B) Iraq
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Bangladesh

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ANSWER: D

Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu has become the 22^nd president of Bangladesh, taking over from Abdul Hamid, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, politicians, judges, and senior officials.

IIT Madras is set to establish the first Indian Institute of Technology in Africa in-

(A) Uganda
(B) South Africa
(C) Tanzania
(D) Ivory Coast

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ANSWER: C

IIT Madras is set to establish the first Indian Institute of Technology in Africa in Tanzania, with classes scheduled to begin in October.
The new campus will be located in Zanzibar, and marks IIT Madras’ first international campus.

The three-day state-level Spring Festival, locally known as Pipal Jatra will be held in-

(A) Solan
(B) Una
(C) Shimla
(D) Kullu

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ANSWER: D

The three-day state-level Spring Festival, locally known as Pipal Jatra, is set to begin on April 28 in Kullu.
During the event, various cultural programmes will be organised at the Kala Kendra.
Kullu Municipal Council president said local artistes would be given preference to perform at the event.
The events to be held during the festival will include the Spring Queen beauty pageant among other competitions.