Daily Current Affair MCQs 23-February-2023

Ans: D – Wheat

• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new variety of wheat called HD-3385.
• This new variety can face the challenges of climate change and rising heat.
• This new variety is suitable for early sowing.

• It can survive the wrath of heat and its crop can be harvested before the end of March.

Ans: D – Girish Chandra Murmu

• Comptroller and Auditor General Girish Chandra Murmu has been selected as the external auditor of the Geneva-based International Labor Organization for a period of four years from 2024 to 2027.

• The appointment reflects recognition of the CAG's professionalism, high standards, global audit experience and its credibility among the international community.

Ans: B – Chengalpattu

• India's first hybrid sounding rocket has been successfully launched from Pattipulam village in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu.
• Martin Foundation in association with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation and Space Zone India launched the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission- 2023.

• 5,000 students were involved in this project.

Ans: C – Bronze

• Tilottama Sen has won the bronze medal in the women's 10m air rifle at the ISSF World Cup 2023 in Cairo, Egypt.

• Great Britain's Seonaid McIntosh won the gold and Switzerland's Olympic champion Nina Christen won the silver.

Ans: C – Seattle

• Seattle becomes the first US city to pass an explicit ban on race-based discrimination.

• The Seattle City Council passed an ordinance adding race to the list of protected classes in the city's municipal code, along with groups such as race, religion and gender identity.

Ans: A – Rajeev Raghuvanshi

• Rajiv Raghuvanshi has been appointed as the new Drug Controller General of India.
• Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi is a former Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretary-cum-Scientific Director.

• He will succeed Dr. PBN Prasad.