16 February 2023

Q1.Which team won the FIH Women’s Nations Cup 2022 in Valencia, Spain?

B – Explanation:

• The Indian Women’s Hockey Team defeated Spain 1-0 in the Final to win the FIH Women’s Nations Cup 2022 in Valencia, Spain.
  India remained undefeated during the tournament and also got promoted to the 2023-24 FIH Hockey Women’s Pro League. For India, Gurjit Kaur scored the winning goal of the match in the first quarter.

Q2.Which state is the host of the ‘India Energy Week 2023’?

 B – Explanation:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘India Energy Week 2023’ event in Karnataka in February 2023.
  Around 10,000 delegates from India and other countries will attend the event that will include discussions over energy production and policies. Bengaluru, which has the most number of Research and Development centres, has been chosen to host the event.

Q3.Which city is the chair of Urban-20 events to be held in India as part of its G-20 presidency?

 B – Explanation:

• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched the Urban-20 logo, website and social media handles. Ahmedabad got the chairmanship of Urban-20 events on urban development to be held under the G20 Summit.
  India officially assumed the G20 presidency on December 1, 2023. Urban 20 is a city diplomacy initiative that brings together cities from G20 member states under a common framework to discuss global economic, climate and development issues.

Q4.Which country launched a biometric service in its airport under which no passport or ticket will be required?

 B – Explanation:

• The UAE launched a biometric service at the Abu Dhabi airport under which no passport or ticket will be required and a passenger’s face will be his boarding pass.
  The face recognition services will be implemented at self-service baggage touchpoints, immigration e-gates, and boarding gates. This advanced AI technology is designed by Abu Dhabi-based tech company, NEXT50.

Q5.Which institution built the ‘Arnala’, the first ship of 08 x ASW SWC Project?

 C – Explanation:

• ‘Arnala’, the first ship of 08 x ASW SWC Project, being built by GRSE for Indian Navy was launched at L&T, Kattupalli, Chennai.
  The ship has been named Arnala to signify the strategic maritime importance accorded to the island of Arnala, located in Maharashtra, by Chhatrapati Shivaji. Contract for building eight ASW SWC ships was signed between Defence Ministry and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata in 2019. Arnala class of ships will replace the Abhay class ASW Ships of Indian Navy.

Q6.Which scheme won the Platinum Icon in the Digital India Awards 2022 for their initiative ‘DataSmart Cities’?

 B – Explanation:

• The Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs won the Platinum Icon in the Digital India Awards 2022 for their initiative ‘DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities through Data’.
  The scheme won under the ‘Data Sharing and Use for Socio Economic Development’ category. The Digital India Awards (DIA) instituted in 2009 aims to encourage innovative digital solutions by government entities in realising the Digital India vision.

Q7.Which neighbouring country of India blacklisted as many as 16 Indian pharma companies?

 D – Explanation:

• Nepal’s drug regulatory authority has blacklisted 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy which manufactures Patanjali products.
  The authority stated that the companies failed to comply with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) drug manufacturing standards.

Q8.Lok Sabha passed Constitution (ST) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill for inclusion of Scheduled Tribes in which state?

 C – Explanation:

• Lok Sabha passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, for the inclusion of the thirteen communities, in the list of Scheduled Tribes in relation to the state of Chhattisgarh.
  The government has identified 75 particularly vulnerable tribal groups, PVTGs across the country. He said, out of these only nine were listed and the Government is working on the remaining communities.

Q9.Which Indian city is the host of Asian Wrestling Championships 2023?

 A – Explanation:

• Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 is set to take place between March 28 to April 2 in New Delhi, the United World Wrestling announced.
  The Championship will include men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle, and men’s Greco-Roman divisions.  The first and second events will take place in Zagreb and Cairo in February while the third and fourth events will take place in Bishkek and Budapest in June and July.

Q10.Which state has introduced a new startup policy (2022-27)?

B – Explanation:

• The Karnataka government has introduced a new startup policy (2022-27), which aims to add around 10000 startups more in the state in the next five years.
  The new policy has been framed by the Department of Electronics and IT/BT. As a part of the policy, the state government will launch an INR 100 Cr venture capital fund to support deep-tech startups working in AI&ML, electric vehicle, med-tech, robotics and drones, among others.