UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: Take This Quiz & Check Your General Knowledge

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts one of the most difficult exams and interviews in India. Year after year, millions of aspirants end up giving the exams after years of hard work, but in the end, only a handful get selected. Along with hard work and dedication, these aspirants look up to those who have cracked these exams and ended up acquiring respectable positions.

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Due to their busy schedules with their studies, many UPSC aspirants didn't get enough time to look out for daily current affairs that happened across the world. Hence, we have prepared the UPSC weekly current affairs MCQ quiz question every Saturday from our daily news updates.

Answers:

Answer 1: For the year 2023, the President has approved the conferment of 106 Padma Awards, including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one), as per the list below. The list comprises six Padma Vibhushan awards, nine Padma Bhushan awards, and 91 Padma Shri awards.

Answer 2: It was a double delight for Pakistan skipper Babar Azam as he was picked for both the 'ODI Cricketer of the Year' and the 'Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men's Cricketer of 2022' on January 26, 2023.

Answer 3: Two Indian non-fiction films, Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes and Kartiki Gonsalves's The Elephant Whisperers, have been nominated for the best documentary and best documentary short awards, respectively.

Answer 4: BharOS, billed as India's first indigenously developed operating system. based on a Linux kernel.

Answer 5: BharOS is developed by an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras-incubated firm, JandK Operations Limited.

Answer 6: In 2023, a total of 11 awardees were conferred the award by the President of India at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Answer 7: The Indian Navy's fifth stealth Scorpene class submarine, INS Vagir, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on January 23, 2023, at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, in the presence of Admiral R. Hari Kumar, CNS, the Chief Guest for the ceremony.

Answer 8: The 44-year-old was formally appointed to the role in Wellington, a week after Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation. Chris Hipkins has been sworn in as New Zealand's 41st prime minister.

Answer 9: For the first time, an Egyptian military contingent took part in the Republic Day parade. Eight marching contingents, including six from the Indian Army, one each from the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy, took part in the parade.

Answer 10: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, thanked President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt for gracing this year's Republic Day celebrations. President Sisi was the chief guest on India's 74th Republic Day.

Answer 11: Twenty-three tableaux¡ª17 from states and union territories and six from various ministries and departments¡ªdepicting the nation's rich cultural heritage, economic progress, and strong internal and external security rolled down the Kartavya Path.

Answer 12: This year, only made-in-India weapon systems were showcased at the Republic Day parade, keeping with the theme of "Atmanirbhar Bharat."

Answer 13: Garud Special Forces of the Indian Air Force participated for the first time in the Republic Day parade. Squadron Leader Pritam Singh Jaitawat led the Garud team as part of the IAF contingent.

Answer 14: Shares of some Adani group companies plummeted 10-15% in early trade on Friday, extending Wednesday's losses, after Hindenburg Research said it stood by the findings of its report, which, among other things, claimed that the group's stocks were "manipulated" over the years by offshore funds.