Current Affairs 2nd February

1) As per AISHE report, Which state has the highest number of Colleges in India?

A. Karnataka 

B. Maharashtra

 C. Uttar Pradesh

 D. Tamil Nadu 

2) Who has acquired the strategic Israeli port of "Haifa" for USD 1.2 billion?

A. Bajaj Group 

B. Tata Group 

C. Adani Group 

D. Reliance 

3) Which city will become the new Capital of Andhra Pradesh?

 A. Vijayawada 

B. Guntur

 C. Kurnool 

D. Visakhapatnam

4) Who was conferred a Lifetime Achievement Honour by India-UK Achievers Honours?

A. Manmohan Singh

 B. Mukesh Ambani

 C. Arvind Kejriwal 

D. Adar Poonawalla

5) 'Yaya Tso' has been proposed as the first Biodiversity Heritage Site of -

A. Sikkim 

B. Arunachal Pradesh 

C. Mizoram 

D. Ladakh

6) Who will be the Country partner for “BioAsia 2023”?

A. Ireland

 B. UK

 C. Netherlands

 D. Denmark 

7) The First G20 Education working group meeting has been organized in -

A. Kochi 

B. Hyderabad

 C. Bengaluru 

D. Chennai

8) Who has launched the "Visit India Year-2023" initiative?

 A. G Kishan Reddy 

B. Piyush Goyal

 C. Amit Shah 

D. Droupadi Murmu

9) First Employment Working Group Meeting has been organized in -

 A. Kota

 B. Udaipur 

C. Jaipur 

D. Jodhpur

10) As per Union Budget 2023, Income Tax Rebate limit increased from ₹5 lakh to -

A. ₹6 lakh 

B. ₹7 lakh

 C. ₹8 lakh

 D. ₹10 lakh

11) As per Union Budget 2023, A mission will be launched to eliminate Sickle Cell Anaemia by -

 A. 2042

 B. 2045 

C. 2047

 D. 2050

12) As per Budget 2023, what is the revised average processing time for Income Tax Returns (ITR)?

A. 21 days 

B. 20 days 

C. 18 days 

D. 16 days 

13) Recently discovered, ‘Hibbertopterus lamsdelli’ is the fossil of which species?

A. Sea Fish 

B. Sea Turtle 

C. Sea scorpion 

D. Sea Snake

14) “World Wetlands Day” is observed every year on -

 A. 1st February 

B. 2nd February

 C. 3rd February

D. 4th February

15) As per budget 2023, how many tourism destinations have been selected for development?

A. 50 

B. 30 

C. 20 

D. 40

16) How much money has been allocated to revamp the credit guarantee scheme for MSME in budget 2023?

A. ₹1000 crore 

B. ₹9000 crore 

C. ₹5000 crore

 D. ₹8000 crore

 

17) US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET), launched by which minister?

A. S. Jaishankar

 B. Ajit Doval

 C. Narendra Modi 

D. Ashwini Vaishnaw

18) Indian government collected how much amount of GST in January 2023? 

A. ₹1,49,507 

B. ₹1,45,867 

C. ₹1,55,922

 D. ₹1,67,540

19) Which is the Focal country of the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair?

A. France 

B. Spain

 C. Thailand

 D. Portugal

20) Who has authored a new book titled “The Poverty of Political Economics”?

A. Dilip Abreu 

B. Montek Singh

 C. Bina Agarwal 

D. Meghnad Desai

 

21) Who has won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023?

A. Fabiano Caruana

 B. Magnus Carlsen

 C. Anish Giri 

D. Levon Aronian