Current Affairs: 27th November 2022
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Current Affairs: 27th November 2022
1) Who was sworn as the Prime Minister of Malaysia?
A. Anwar Ibrahim
B. Muhyiddin Yassin
C. Najib Razak
D. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
ANS. Anwar Ibrahim
. Malaysia’s veteran opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as the 10th prime minister on 24th November 2022.
• The new leader was appointed by King Sultan Abdullah, after elections over the weekend resulted in unprecedented hung parliament.
• Anwar Ibrahim was the 12th and 16th Leader of the Opposition from August 2008 to March 2015 and again from May 2020 to November 2022, 2nd Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition since May 2020, 2nd President of the People’s Justice Party (PKR) since November 2018 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tambun since November 2022.
2) 8th joint military “EX GARUDA SHAKTI” has been organised in –
A. Indonesia
B. Australia
C. Philippines
D. Singapore
ANS. Indonesia
• Indian Army Special Forces and Indonesian Special Forces are participating in the eighth edition of the bilateral military exercise ‘Garuda Shakti’ at Karawang, Indonesia that commenced on 21 November 2022.
• The 13-day Garuda Shakti exercise is being held in Sangga Buana Training Area in Indonesia’s Karawang.
• Aim: To enhance understanding, cooperation and interoperability between the Special Forces of both armies
• It also focus on a high degree of physical fitness, tactical drills, and techniques.
3) Which country will host the inaugural “Olympic E-sports Week” in 2023?
A. Japan
B. Australia
C. Singapore
D. Italy
ANS.Singapore
• The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Singapore will host its first-ever E-Sports week in 2023.
• As per the IOC, the four-day event will take place between June 22 and June 25, 2023.
• It will be conducted as joint collaboration between the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Sport
Singapore, and the Singapore National Olympic Committee.
4) Where has India successfully test fired “Agni III”missile?
A. Rajasthan
B. Andhra Pradesh
Singapore C. Odisha
D. Kerala
ANS. Odisha
• India has successfully launched an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, “Agni-3” from APJ Abdul
Kalam Island, Odisha.
• It is a routine user training launch, carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command.
• Agni series missiles: Agni-1 (700km), Agni-2 (2,000km), Agni-3 (3,000 km), Agni-4 (4,000 km) and Agni -5 (longest striking range of 5,000 km).
• With Agni and BrahMos (tactical cruise missile), India can easily take care of targets between 30 to 5,000.
5) Who has been awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 by FICCI?
A. Kanika Kishore
B. Rajendra Singh Pawar
C. Swati Pandey
D. Sharath Kamal
ANS.Rajendra Singh Pawar
• The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has honoured Rajendra Singh Pawar
(Chairman & Founder, NIIT) with 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.
• The award ceremony held at the 8th FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards in New Delhi on
November 17, 2022.
• Reason: For his contribution and exemplary work in the field of education as well as creating the IT
Training industry.
6) Who will become World’s 1st “parastronaut”, announced by Europe Space Agency?
A. John McFall
B. Richard Browne
C. Trischa Zorn
D. Manuel Rodriguez
John McFall
• 41-year-old Briton, Jack McFall has been chosen to be the first parastronaut to go into space.
• The European Space Agency announced the name of the first “parastronaut” on 23 November in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space.
• The 22-nation European Space Agency said it selected former British Paralympic runner John McFall as part of a new generation of 17 recruits selected for astronaut training.
• He will participate in a feasibility study designed to allow ESA to assess the conditions needed for people with
disabilities to participate in future missions.
7) Which country has been declared as a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ by the European Parliament?
A. Canada
B. America
C. Bangladesh
D. Russia
ANS.Russia
The European Parliament on 23rd November, designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, arguing Moscow’s military strikes on civilian targets such as energy infrastructure, hospitals, schools andshelters violated international law.
• The U.S. State Department currently names four countries – Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria – as state sponsors of terrorism, meaning they are subject to a defence export ban and financial restrictions.
8) 27th Conference of DGPs and Heads of CPOs of the North East has been organized at –
A. Agartala
B. Shillong
C. Guwahati
D. Imphal
ANS.Agartala
• The 27th Conference of DGPs and Heads of CPOs of the North East was organised at Agartala on November 22-23,
2022, jointly under the aegis of intelligence Bureau/Ministry of Home Affairs and Tripura Police.
• The Conference has inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Tripura, Dr.(Prof.) Manik Saha set the tone of the
Conference by laying stress on greater coordination between the North East States in dealing with existing security challenges.
• Objective – To resolve all prevailing challenges in a discrete-time frame, the participants deliberated on issues ranging from insurgency, capacity building of Police units to meet security challenges.
9) Crisil has reduced the India growth forecast for FY23 from 7.3% to how much percent?
A. 7.2%
B. 7.0%
C. 6.8%
D. 6.5%
ANS.7.0%
• Rating agency Crisil has reduced the India growth forecast for the current fiscal (FY23) from 7.3% to 7% citing the slowdown in global growth and its impact on India’s exports and industrial activity.
• The growth of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) will slow considerably to 6% in FY24 as against
6.5% forecast earlier with the risk titled downwards,as the global growth decelerates faster.
• The revised forecast for the current fiscal includes Q2 GDP growth expectation of 6.5% against 13.5% in Q1, and just 4.5% GDP expansion in the second half.
10) Ferry Craft ‘Manjula’ (Yard 786) has been launched in –
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Odisha
D. West Bengal
ANS.West Bengal.
• Ferry Craft ‘Manjula’ (Yard 786) was launched by Shri Binod Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary Transport, in West Bengal on 23 Nov 2022 at M/s Shalimar Works Ltd, Kolkata, and West Bengal.
• Already Six out of Seven Ferry Craft have been delivered at Port Blair, Visakhapatnam and Mumbai.
These Ferry Craft are built with a service life of 25 years.
• The Ferry Craft will provide impetus to operational and logistics requirements of Indian Navy.
11) Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan?
A. Lt. Gen Asim Munir
B. Lt Gen Sahir
Shamshad Mirza
C. Lt Gen Azhar Abbas
D. Lt Gen Faiz Hameed
ANS.Lt. Gen Asim Munir
• Lieutenant General Asim Munir has been appointed as the new Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan.
• He will be Pakistan’s 17th army chief since it became independent.
• He will take over from outgoing General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who will retire later this month after a six year term.
• Lieutenant General Munir is currently serving as the Quarter Master General at the General Headquarters
(GHQ), according to Radio Pakistan. In his current role, he is overseeing supplies for all military units.
12) Who has successfully launched the “RH200”sounding rocket recently?
A. NASA
B. ISRO
C. SpaceX
D. CISR
ANS.ISRO
• ISRO has conducted the 200th consecutive successful launch of RH200 (sounding rocket) from Thumba
Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Sounding Rockets: It is used for the scientific community for carrying out experiments on
meteorology, astronomy and similar branches of space physics.
• RH-200: It is a two-stage rocket capable of climbing to a height of 70 km bearing scientific payloads.
• The ‘200’ in the name denotes the diameter of the rocket in mm.