Current Affairs Quiz 2023

Masterstroke October Week-3&4-2024

• Topics/details of the Masterstrokes will be available at the end of each quiz and will not be presented separately.
• This session is for all aspirants (LAW/BBA/IPM/CUET) to achieve their goals.
• The session highlights and revises important topics and questions from the past week/weeks through quizzes.
• There is no guarantee that the topics/questions will come on the actual exam, but the session focuses on preparing students for the topics that may appear on the actual paper.
• Students should ask pertinent questions during the quiz.
• Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.

Important Dates and Themes

• International Day of Rural Women: October 15, "Rural Women Sustaining Nature for Our Collective Future"
• World Food Day: October 16, "Right to food for a better life and a better future"

UNHCR's Nansen Refugee Awards

• Sister Rosita Milesi, Maimouna Ba, Jin Davod, Nada Fadol, Deepti Gurung are the five winners.

Other Important Information

• Union Minister for Jal Shakti: C.R. Patil
• Nobel Peace Prize Winners (1901): Jean Henry Dunant and Frederic Passy
• Nobel Prize of Economics (2014): Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity"
• National Ambassador for Cyber Safety: Rashmika Mandana
• Authors of "LARA: The England Chronicles": Brian Lara & Phil Walker
• Organization for the 'Scam se Bacho' campaign: Meta
• Winner of the Bendigo International Challenge badminton tournament: Tanya Hemanth
• First Indian woman footballer to play 100 International matches: captain Ashalata Devi
• Sports discipline associated with Vivaan Kapoor: Shooting
• Cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame: Neetu David, Alastair Cook and Ab de Villers
• Indian cricketer to score 9000 test cricket runs: Virat Kohli
• Winner of WR Chess Masters cup: Arjun Erigiasi
• First Indian women footballers to net 50 international goals: Bala Devi
• Planet with possible alien presence according to NASA study: Mars
• Global mission to train girls in space technology: ShaktiSAT
• Scientific name of the "brain-eating bacteria" in Kerala: Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)
• Name of India's first reusable hybrid rocket: RHUMI-1
• First Indian scientist as President of International Brain Research Organization: Shobha Tole
• Space Agency/Lunar Exploration Program: European Space Agency /Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS)
• Country with biggest source of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment): USA
• Latest PSU company in the Aeronautics domain: Maharatna / 14th
• Country with maximum solar power production: China
• Most indebted countries with cut penalty surcharges by IMF: Argentina, Egypt, Ukraine, and Ecuador
• Organization building India's first bullet train: BEML
• World's freest economy: Hong Kong
• World's first blockchain to benefit humans: World Chain
• Length of the Nile River: 6650km
• Prime Minister of Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed
• India's Rank in the Global Hunger Index: 105
• Disease India is free of (per WHO): Trachoma
• Top Indian University (per World University Rankings-2025): Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru
• First Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir UT: Omar Abdullah
• Areas of concern for the three AI hubs: Health, Agriculture & Sustainable cities
• Supreme Court Judge designated as next CJI (Chief Justice of India): Justice Sanjeev Khanna
• Section of the Citizenship Act of 1955 upheld by the Supreme Court: Section 6A
• Newly appointed Chief Minister of Haryana: Nayab Singh Saini
• Country awarding honorary doctorate to President Murmu: Algeria
• Chairperson of the National Commission of Women: Vijaya Rahatkar
• Date of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas: October 31
• Date of UN Day: October 24
• Winner of the Global Anti Racism Championship award-2024: Urmila Choudhary
• Indian district with best water award (2024): Ganderbal district (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Brand ambassador of Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024: M.S. Dhoni
• Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court: Yahya Afridi
• First Miss Grand International of India: Rachel Gupta
• Winner of Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand
• Deepika Kumari's medal in the Archery World Cup: Silver
• World Record T20I run-scoring country: Zimbabwe / 344 runs
• Sport associated with Vishvajit More: Wrestling
• Sentence completion: Arihant, Arighaat, Aridhaman, S4
• LISA mission subject matter: study of gravitational waves in the outer space
• Cyclone name in the news: Dana
• Biodiversity treaty in the news: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
• First chief economist of OpenAI: Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji
• Best Indian Bank (2024): State Bank of India
• Year of BSNL establishment: 2000
• Country receiving aid under IDEAS initiative: Mauritius
• Bank with QR code vending machine: Federal Bank of India
• President of Indonesia: Prabowo Subianto
• President of Vietnam: Luong Cuong
• World's largest building project: Mukaab in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
• India's rank in the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index: 98 out of 142
• Country where UPI is introduced: Maldives
• Portal for unorganized sector workers: e Shram- One Stop Solution
• Venue of latest BRICS summit: Kazan
• BRICS Summit edition: 16th
• Dates for Kartarpur Corridor Project extension: between two specific gurdwaras
• Year of 'secular' insertion in Indian Constitution: 1976
• Constitutional Article for pollution-free environment: Article 21
• India's first Writer's village: Thano Village
• Location of India's first pod taxi launch: Uttar Pradesh

Further details in the document - November week-1 &2 - 2024

• date: 15/11/2024
• time 9:00 PM
• topic: NOVEMBER WEEK-1 &2 -2024
• Sources: LST Weekly Manthan of NOVEMBER WEEK-1 &2 and Manthan 2.0 of NOVEMBER WEEK-1 & 2