Daily Current Affairs Quiz 3 January 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 3 January 2023
Question 1. Recently who has become the 78th Grandmaster of India?
Answer – Kaustav Chatterjee
The world chess organization FIDE give the title of Grandmaster (GM) to chess players. 19-year-old Kaustav Chatterjee became India’s 78th Grandmaster during the MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship. West Bengal’s Kaustav Chatterjee achieved this feat by ending a match against Grandmaster Mitrabha Guha with a draw.
Question 2. Who became the first person in the world to lose net worth of $200 billion?
Answer – Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become the first person in the world to lose $ 200 billion in wealth. With this, he also slipped down from the number one richest person in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Musk’s wealth has come down to $ 137 billion, which stood at $ 340 billion on November 4, 2021. Currently, Bernard Arnault, the owner of luxury goods maker LMVH, is the richest person in the world.
Question 3. Which challenge recently launched by the Ministry of Rural Development under DAY-NRLM?
Answer – Prajwala Challenge
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) has launched the ‘Prajjwala Challenge’. The challenge has launched with an aim to invite ideas, solutions and actions that can transform the rural economy. Ideas that have the potential to transform the rural economy will be invited on this platform.
Question 4. A tunnel is building under which river for India’s first underwater metro?
Answer – Hooghly River, West Bengal
India’s first underwater metro will be operational by December 2023 at a cost of Rs 120 crore. For this, an underwater tunnel is being built inside the Hooghly river in West Bengal. This underwater metro is being constructed as part of the East West Metro corridor of Kolkata. The metro rail service under the Hooghly river will connect the cities of Kolkata and Howrah.
Question 5. SBI Card has joined hands with which bank to launch co-branded credit card?
Answer – Punjab and Sind Bank
Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) has partnered with SBI Card to launch a co-branded credit card. PSBs have also consequently entered the credit card market as a new product segment. PSB and SBI Card have launched three card variants, which are PSB SBI Card Elite, PSB SBI Card Prime and PSB SimplySave SBI Card.
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