Abua Awas Yojna | skin cancer vaccine | UPI Safety Ambassador - Current Affairs Questions

1. Which state/UT launched the ‘Abua Awas Yojna’?

[A] Gujarat

[B] Jharkhand

[C] Assam

[D] West Bengal

Answer: [B] Jharkhand

2. Which company is involved in the advanced-stage clinical trial of skin cancer vaccine?

[A] Dr Reddys

[B] Bharat Biotech

[C] Moderna

[D] Serum Institute of India

Answer: [C] Moderna

3. Who among the following won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2023?

[A] Lewis Hamilton

[B] Sergio Perez

[C] Max Verstappen

[D] Fernando Alonso

Answer: [C] Max Verstappen

4. In November 2023, which of the following countries ranked first at lowest for employees by a recent global survey?

[A] Germany

[B] China

[C] India

[D] Turkey

Answer: [D] Turkey

5. Which ship of the Indian Coast Guard has been decommissioned recently?

[A] 'Sagar Shakti'

[B] 'Sangram'

[C] 'Prabal'

[D] 'Achal'

Answer: [B] 'Sangram'

6. Who has been appointed as the Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation?   

[A] Syed Akbaruddin

[B] Arindam Bagchi

[C] V Chandrashekhar

[D] T Nageshwar

Answer: [C] V Chandrashekhar

7. Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) in schools and colleges is a flagship scheme of ________.

[A] UGC

[B] Ministry of Education

[C] ECI

[D] AICTE

Answer: [C] ECI

8. Who has been appointed as the “UPI Safety Ambassador” by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?

[A] Pankaj Tripathi

[B] Nawazuddin Siddiqui

[C] Rajkummar Rao

[D] Vicky Kaushal

Answer: [A] Pankaj Tripathi

9. Recently, Falguni Shah, has been nominated for the Best Global Music Performance category at the 2024 Grammy Awards. What is the name of the nominated song?

[A] Abundance in Millets

[B] Jirang

[C] Namo Namo

[D] Shree Krishna Govind

Answer: [A] Abundance in Millets

10. Which is the first state in India to adopt a water budget in a bid to come up with a solution to water scarcity?

[A] Rajasthan

[B] Gujarat

[C] Kerala

[D] Tamil Nadu

Answer: [C] Kerala

Abua Awas Yojna | Make in India | King of Malaysia - Current Affairs Questions

1. Which state/UT launched the ‘Abua Awas Yojna’?

[A] Gujarat

[B] Jharkhand

[C] Assam

[D] West Bengal

Answer: [B] Jharkhand

2.‘Mahabali’, which was launched under the “Make in India” initiative of Ministry of Defence, is a_:

[A] Submarine

[B] Anti-ship Missile (AShM)

[C] Bollard Pull (BP) Tug

[D] Patrol Vessel

Answer: [C] Bollard Pull (BP) Tug

3. In October 2023, which of the following Aerospace unveiled its indigenously built Vikram-1 rocket which is expected to deliver satellites to low earth orbit early 2024?

[A] Airnetz Aviation Pvt Ltd.

[B] Skyroot Aerospace

[C] Bharat Dynamics Ltd.

[D] Aroon Aviation Services Pvt Ltd.

Answer: [B] Skyroot Aerospace

4. Which of the cities become the the second most polluted city among 109 places tracked by IQAir, a Swiss technology company measuring air quality in real-time?

[A] Beijing

[B] Mumbai

[C] Karachi

[D] Jerusalem

Answer: [B] Mumbai

5. What is the name of the first cruise ship ever built in India

[A] MV Ganga Vilas

[B] MV Jamuna Vilas

[C] MV Godavari Vilas

[D] MV Brahmaputra Vilas

Answer: [A] MV Ganga Vilas

6.  Who has been elected as the next King of Malaysia?

[A] Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar

[B] Al-Sultan Abdullah

[C] Al-Sultan Ibrahim

[D] None of these

Answer: [A] Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar

7. Who has been elected as the new CEO and MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank?

[A] Ajay Kapoor

[B] Uday Kotak

[C] Ashok Vaswani

[D] Ajay Sinha

Answer: Ashok Vaswani

8. Where is the Hornbill Festival celebrated?

[A] Assam

[B] Arunachal Pradesh

[C] Manipur

[D] Nagaland

Answer: [D] Nagaland

9. Which city is known as the "Tea City of India"?

[A] Kolkata

[B] Guwahati

[C] Darjeeling

[D] Dibrugarh

Answer: [D] Dibrugarh

10. Which country became the 31st member country of NATO?

[A] Sweeden

[B] Norway

[C] Poland

[D] Finland

Answer: [D] Finland