Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17January 2023: Important questions related to current affairs and their answers made available by this article for the students preparing for competitive exams. Through these questions, candidates can prepare well for the competitive exam and make it easier to get a government job.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz of 17 January 2023
Question 1. Who became the first woman officer in BRO to be posted on foreign assignment?
Answer – Captain Surabhi Jakhmola
Surbhi Jakhmola is the captain of the 117 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army. Surbhi will sent to Bhutan under the Dantak project. This project in Bhutan is operating by BRO. The Dantak project launched on April 24, 1961, by Jawaharlal Nehru, the third King of Bhutan and the then Prime Minister of India.
Question 2. Which became the first state in the country to implement the Blindness Control Policy?
Answer – Rajasthan
The Government of Rajasthan has implemented the Blindness Control Policy in the state. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has taken an innovative initiative in the direction of realizing the vision of Nirogi Rajasthan in the state. The State Government has implemented the Blindness Control Policy with the objective of ‘Right to Sight Vision’.
Question 3. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently appointed whom as Chief Economist?
Answer – Clare Lombardelli
Clare Lombardelli is the Treasury’s chief economic advisor. Lombardelli is a highly regarded economic policy leader. Clare has been a member of the Treasury’s Executive Management Board since 2015. She has also worked at 10 Downing Street and as a technical advisor to the International Monetary Fund.
Question 4. Jallikattu 2023 ceremony organized in which district of Tamil Nadu?
Answer – In Madurai
Jallikattu 2023 organized in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It played at Avaniapuram village on January 15, Palamedu on January 16 and Alanganallur on January 17. Jallikattu begin with the Pongal festival and also known as Mattu Pongal.
Question 5. Recently who created the Guinness World Record by making ‘mirror typing’ books?
Answer – Michel Saintelia
Italy’s Michele Centella has created a world record by typing 81 copies of books upside down (mirror writing). Centelia types each book in its original language whether it be hieroglyphs, Old Hebrew, Traditional Chinese, Mayan, Etruscan, Cuneiform or Voynich glyphs.
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