Daily Current Affair MCQs 27-February-2023

Ans: A – 42nd

• India has been ranked 42 out of 55 countries in the latest International IP Index report by the US Chamber of Commerce.
• Released every year, the index evaluates the protection of IP rights by the world's 55 major economies, representing approximately 90 percent of global GDP.

• The United States ranks first in the 2023 index, followed by the UK and France.

Ans: C – Karnataka

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly built Shivamogga airport along with various development projects worth over Rs 3,600 crore in Shivamogga, Karnataka.
• Designed like a lotus, this new airport has been developed at a cost of Rs 450 crore.

• It is capable of handling 300 passengers per hour.

Ans: B – Assam

• Union Minister for AYUSH Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated the first “Chintan Shivir” of Ministry of AYUSH at Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

• This two-day Chintan Shivir was organized with an aim to create a road-map for the upgradation of AYUSH institutions and their integration with technological advancements and to identify ways and means of integrating AYUSH with the new education policy as well as leveraging AYUSH. This is being done with the aim of identifying existing services with potential for improvement.

Ans: D - All of the above

• Sharath Kamal, Sathian Ganasekharan and Manika Batra will lead the Indian challenge at the World Table Tennis Star Contenders.
• The tournament will start from February 27 till March 5 in Panjim, Goa.

• Sharath along with Sathian, Payas Jain and Wesley do Rosario will lead India in the men's singles draw, while Manika Challenge will lead the charge in women's singles along with Sreeja Akula and Suhana Saini.

Ans: A – Australia

• Australia defeated South Africa by 19 runs to lift the ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup trophy.
• Australia has won the ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup trophy for the sixth time.

• Beth Muneek scored the most unbeaten 74 runs for Australia.

Ans: C – Britain

• The 'Cobra Warrior' exercise will be conducted from 6 March to 24 March 2023 at the Waddington Air Base of Britain's Royal Air Force.
• This multilateral air exercise will see the participation of air forces from Finland, Sweden, South Africa, US and Singapore, UK and India with various fighter aircraft.

• The Indian Air Force will participate in the exercise this year with five Mirage 2000 fighter jets, two C-17 Globemaster III and one IL-78 mid-air refueller aircraft.