Gunotsav 2024 | World Day of War Orphans | Hambantota port - Current Affairs Questions

1. Which institution builds the K9-Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers?

[A] DRDO

[B] HAL

[C] Larsen & Toubro

[D] BHEL

Answer: [C] Larsen & Toubro

2. ‘PARAKH’, which has been in the news, is a regulator body related to which field?

[A] Tourism

[B] Education

[C] OTT Platforms

[D] Online Gaming

Answer: [B] Education

3. In which Indian state is the initiative 'Gunotsav 2024' taking place to assess the performance of approximately 40 lakh students across government schools?

[A] Bihar

[B] Karnataka

[C] Assam

[D] Gujarat

Answer: [C] Assam

4. On which date is the World Day of War Orphans observed?

[A] January 3

[B] January 4

[C] January 5

[D] January 6

Answer: [D] January 6

5. Who has been appointed as the first woman chief of the Central Industrial Security Force?

[A] Arunima Sinha

[B] Neena Singh

[C] Avani Chaturvedi

[D] Aditi Saxena

Answer: [B] Neena Singh

6. Who has become the Indian batsman who has scored the most runs in the World Test Championship?

[A] Rohit Sharma

[B] K L Rahul

[C] Virat Kohli

[D] Ajikya Rahane

Answer: [C] Virat Kohli

7. In which city is a two-day regional conference on e-governance being organized?

[A] Patna

[B] Varanasi

[C] Jaipur

[D] Guwahati

Answer: [D] Guwahati

8. Which country will chair the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in July this year?

[A] Japan

[B] France

[C] Nepal

[D] India

Answer: [D] India

9. Which country chartered the MV Vasiliy Golovnin for the 43rd Scientific Expedition to Antarctica?

[A] Brazil

[B] Russia

[C] India

[D] South Africa

Answer: [C] India

10. Hambantota port, which was seen in the news, is in which country?

[A] Israel

[B] Ukraine

[C] Sri Lanka

[D] Afghanistan

Answer: [C] Sri Lanka

CEO of Alphabet | Ballon d’Or award | NTPC Exam Question

1. Who received the National Florence Nightingale award 2019 posthumously?

Lini Sajeesh

2. Which country witnessed the sharpest reduction in malaria cases in 2018?

India

3. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Alphabet?

Sundar Pichai


4. When was Intensified Mission Indradhanush launched?



2017

5. Who was the first to spot Vikram Lander’s debris on the lunar surface?

Shanmuga Subramanian

6. India was placed at which position in the Global Climate Risk Index 2020?

5th

7.  The Union Cabinet recently approved a proposal to extend the period of reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Legislatures for how many more years?

10 years

8. Who has been appointed as the 24th Controller General of Accounts?

Soma Roy Burman

9. Who among the following was honoured with the 2019 Ballon d’Or award?

Lionel Messi

10.Which country has the largest number of migrants living abroad, as per World Migration Report 2020?

India 

11. Which country was recently elected to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO for first time?

Saudi Arabia

12. Which film won the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019?

Particles

13.Who among the following has been awarded the International Children's Peace Prize for the year 2019?

Greta Thunberg