AffairsCloud brings you the complete and important daily Current Affairs Quiz 18 April 2023 to achieve more marks in Banking, Insurance, UPSC, SSC, CLAT, Railways and all other competitive Exams. We have prepared the current affairs quiz question from our daily current affairs 2023 updates.
Our Current Affairs December 2022 events will help you to get more marks in Banking, Insurance, SSC, Railways, UPSC, CLAT and all State Government Exams. Also, try our Current Affairs Quiz.
- Which of the following countries, along with India were recently (in April ‘23) announced a common platform for the debt restructuring programme of Sri Lanka?
1) Australia
2) Japan
3) France
4) Both 1 & 2
5) Both 2 & 3Answer-5) Both 2 & 3
Explanation:
India, Japan, and France announced a common platform for talks among creditors to address the debt restructuring programme of Sri Lanka, the country which was hit by an unprecedented financial crisis in 2022.
• It was announced on April 13, 2023, while the representatives of the three creditor countries, i.e. the Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman (India), FM Shunichi Suzuki (Japan), French Director General of the Treasury Emmanuel Moulin, held a press briefing on the margins of the annual spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC , United States.
i. Under the platform, the representatives will demonstrate the multilateral cooperation regarding the debt restructuring process among the creditors, together with Sri Lanka. - In April 2023, the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) increased the guarantee coverage ceiling under its Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for MSEs from Rs 2 crore to ________ per borrower.
1) Rs 5 crore
2) Rs 6 crore
3) Rs 4 crore
4) Rs 7 crore
5) Rs 3 croreAnswer-1) Rs 5 crore
Explanation:
The Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) increased the guarantee coverage ceiling under its Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for MSEs from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore per borrower for credit facilities extended by lending institutions to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs).
i. Objective: To encourage the public and private sector banks, Member Financial Institutions and foreign banks to step up loans to MSEs.
ii. The changes are made with respect to the reduction in the loan growth to the MSE segment to 13.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) (as on February 24, 2023) from 24% y-o-y (as on February 25, 2022).
• The changes are effective from April 1, 2023. - According to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce in April 2023, which country emerged as India’s biggest trading partner in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23)?
1) China
2) United States
3) Saudi Arabia
4) United Arab Emirates
5) SingaporeAnswer-2) United States
Explanation:
According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce, the United States (US) has emerged as India’s biggest trading partner in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23) at USD 128.55 billion followed by China in the second position at USD 113.83 billion.
i. The bilateral trade between India and the US has increased by 7.65% in FY23 due to increasing economic co-operation as against USD 119.5 billion in FY22. It was USD 80.51 billion in FY21.
ii. Followed by the US and China, the UAE with US$76.16 billion, was the third largest trading partner of India. It was followed by Saudi Arabia (US$52.72 billion), and Singapore (US$35.55 billion). - Name the personality who has recently (in April ‘23) presented with the Maharashtra Bhushan Award for 2022 by the Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
1) Anil Kakodkar
2) Asha Bhosle
3) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
4) Babasaheb Purandare
5) Jayant NarlikarAnswer-3) Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
Explanation:
The Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) presented Maharashtra Bhushan Award for 2022 to Dr. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari during a public function at Kharghar area in Raigarh district, Maharashtra.
i. Dr. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari was presented with a shawl, a citation and memento and a cheque of Rs 25 lakh.
ii. In 2017, Appasaheb Dharmadhikari was recognized with Padma Shri for his outstanding contributions to society.
Note: Appasaheb is the son of Dr. Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari, an Indian spiritual Guru cum Social Reformer. This is the first time that the Maharashtra Bhushan award has been given in the same family for the second time. Nanasaheb was awarded with the same in 2008. - Who has recently (in April ‘23) won the 59th edition of Femina Miss India World 2023?
1) Sini Shetty
2) Manasa Varanasi
3) Anukreethy Vas
4) Nandini Gupta
5) Suman RaoAnswer-4) Nandini Gupta
Explanation:
Nandini Gupta, a 19-year-old, from (Kota) Rajasthan, won the 59th edition of Femina Miss India World 2023 crown in the grand ceremony held at Khuman Lampak Stadium, Imphal, Manipur.
• Femina Miss India 2022 winner Sini Shetty of Karnataka crowned Nandini Gupta.
i. Nandini Gupta will now represent India at the 71st edition of Miss World (2023), which is to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). - Which space agency has recently (in April ‘23) launched the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), via the Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana?
1) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
3) European Space Agency
4) Canadian Space Agency
5) Indian Space Research OrganisationAnswer-3) European Space Agency
Explanation:
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), via the Ariane-5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport from Kourou, French Guiana.
i. Juice, a robotic explorer’s, mission was to make detailed observations of the solar system’s biggest planet, Jupiter and three ice-encrusted moons which scientists believed to have underground oceans where sea life could exist.
• Juice is expected to reach Jupiter in 2031 and has a mission lifespan of about three years which could be extended by 200 or more days.
• It will make multiple flybys of Jupiter’s satellites Ganymede, Callisto and Europa before orbiting around Ganymede. - Name the country that has recently (in April ‘23) tested the second underwater nuclear attack drone called ‘Haeil-2’.
1) South Korea
2) China
3) Iran
4) North Korea
5) United Arab EmiratesAnswer-4) North Korea
Explanation:
Earlier on March 23, North Korea made a claim of conducting a test of an underwater nuclear attack drone, which notably had the ability to unleash a “radioactive tsunami”.The “Unmanned Underwater Nuclear Attack Craft” was the name given to the drone, also known as “Haeil” (meaning tsunami).
i. As a sequel, Haeil-2, which is the second underwater nuclear attack drone of North Korea was tested from April 4 to April 7.
ii. About Haeil-2:
• Developed since 2012.
• The purpose is to prevent any form of escalated military actions by the enemy.
• Over a period of approximately 71 hours, the vehicle travelled a total distance 1,000 km along a course that included both an oval and figure-of-eight shape.
• The Average speed: 4.6 knots and the Depth is 80 to 100 mts. - In April 2023, researchers of the Central University of Odisha (CUO) & the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), found a rare new edible freshwater cyprinid fish species named “Garralaishrami,” from the _______ River at Koraput in Odisha.
1) Bahuda
2) Kolab
3) Kuakhai
4) Sabari
5) DhamaraAnswer-2) Kolab
Explanation:
On April 16 2023, the researchers of the Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput, (Odisha) and the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), found a rare new edible freshwater cyprinid fish species of Genus Garra from the Kolab River at Ghatguda, Koraput in Odisha.
• The cyprinid fish species was named Garralaishrami.
i. The new species is named after Dr.Laishram Kosygin of ZSI to honour his remarkable contributions to understanding the taxonomy of Indian freshwater fishes.
ii. The new species Garralaishrami has been found so far in Kolab River, one of the major tributaries of Godavari, in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha. - What was the theme of 34th World Hemophilia Day that was observed across the globe on 17th April 2023?
1) Adapting to change: sustaining care in a new world
2) Access for All: Partnership. Policy. Progress.
3) Get + Involved
4) Outreach and Identification
5) Access for All: Prevention of Bleeds as the Global Standard of CareAnswer-5) Access for All: Prevention of Bleeds as the Global Standard of Care
Explanation:
World Hemophilia Day is annually observed across the globe on 17th April to create awareness about Hemophilia, an inherited bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot properly.
i. 17th April 2023 marks the 34th World Hemophilia Day and the theme of World Hemophilia Day 2023 is “Access for All: Prevention of Bleeds as the Global Standard of Care”.
ii. World Hemophilia Day was initiated by the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) in 1989.
iii. The first ever World Hemophilia Day was observed on 17th April 1989. - Which state government has recently (in April ‘23) renamed the Bhavanapadu Port as “Mulapeta Port”?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Maharashtra
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) GujaratAnswer-3) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation:
The Andhra Pradesh (AP) Government renamed the Bhavanapadu Port as “Mulapeta Port”, respecting the sentiments of local villagers in Srikakulam district, AP.
i. Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister (CM) of AP, will lay the foundation stone for the greenfield port on 19th April 2023.
ii. The AP government took this decision as farmers from Mulapeta and Vishnuchakram villages requested the name change since Bhavanapadu village has no scope in the proposed port area, considering all the lands of Mulpeta and some from Vishnuchakram have been earmarked for acquisition.
- Which of the following countries, along with India were recently (in April ‘23) announced a common platform for the debt restructuring programme of Sri Lanka?
AffairsCloud Recommends Oliveboard Mock Test
AffairsCloud Ebook - Support Us to Grow
Govt Jobs by Category
Bank Jobs Notification