Daily Current Affairs Quiz 7 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 7 January 2023
Question 1. Who made the ‘State Icon’ of Bihar by the Election Commission?
Answer – Maithili Thakur
The Election Commission of India has made Bihar’s folk singer Maithili Thakur its state icon. The proposal to make Maithili a state icon was given by the State Election Office. Now Maithili Thakur will run an awareness campaign among the voters before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Earlier in the year 2019, Maithili and her two brothers made the brand ambassadors of Madhubani by the Election Commission.
Question 2. The 18th National Jamboree of Bharat Scouts and Guides was organized in which district of Rajasthan?
Answer – Pali
President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the 18th National Scouts and Guides Jamboree at Rohat, Pali on January 4, 2023. This 7-day event hosted by Rajasthan after 66 years. More than 35,000 Scouts and Guides are participating in this 18th National Scouts and Guides Jamboree. The first National Scouts and Guides Jamboree was organize in Andhra Pradesh in the year 1951. The theme of the 18th National Scouts and Guides Jamboree is ‘Peace with Progress’.
Question 3. World War Orphans Day celebration on which date?
Answer – 6 January
Every year on 6 January ‘World War Orphan Day’ is celebrating. On the occasion of this day, programs organized to spread awareness about the trauma endured by orphan children. The celebration of ‘World War Orphans Day’ initiated by the French organization ‘SOS Enfants en Détresse’. The purpose of starting this day was to help children affected by conflict.
Question 4. Where was the world’s first palm leaf manuscript museum started?
Answer – In Kerala
The world’s first palm leaf manuscript museum opened in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The museum houses a treasure trove of popular tales of Travancore, the first kingdom in Asia to defeat the European powers on Indian soil. This institution gives a glimpse of the Travancore kingdom that ruled till the end of the 19th century (about 650 years).
Question 5. Recently which became the longest fully automatic block signaling section of Indian Railways?
Answer – Ghaziabad-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Block
The Ghaziabad-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay section with a distance of 762 km has become the longest fully automatic block signaling section of the Indian Railways. The Ghaziabad-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay section has become fully automatic after the introduction of automatic signaling system in the Satanraini-Rasoolabad-Faizullapur section of Prayagraj division.
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