28 September – 4 October 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS

CLASSES 3 & 4
1. At the 19th Asian Games, Annu Rani became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in…
a) Javelin throw b) High jump
c) Discus throw d) Shot put

2. Whose 154th birth anniversary was celebrated on 2 October 2023?

a) S Radhkrishnan b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Indira Gandhi

3. Recently, Mohamed Muizzu won the Presidential elections in…

a) Sri Lanka b) Maldives
c) Singapore d) Bangladesh

4. In October 2023, Indonesia inaugurated its first high-speed railway called…

a) Whoosh b) Swift
c) Zoom d) Turbo

5. Who plays the role of Honey in the 2023 film Fukrey 3?

a) Pulkit Samrat b) Varun Sharma
c) Kartik Aaryan d) Varun Dhawan
 28 September – 4 October 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS

CLASSES 5 & 6
1. At the 19th Asian Games, who won the first-ever gold medal for India in men’s 3000m
steeplechase?
a) Paramjit Singh b) Murali Sreeshankar
c) Vikas Gowda d) Avinash Sable

2. What is the English name of Taiwan’s first domestically-built submarine?

a) Narwhal b) Seal
c) Armadillo d) Platypus

3. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier won the 2023 Nobel Prize in…
a) Peace b) Chemistry
c) Physics d) Economics

4. Sir Michael Gambon, who passed away recently, had played which character in six Harry
Potter films?
a) Albus Dumbledore b) Rubeus Hagrid
c) Sirius Black d) Argus Filch

5. Ruixiang Zhang will receive the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his contributions to…
a) Literature b) Mathematics
c) Chemistry d) Music
 28 September – 4 October 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS

CLASSES 7 & 8
1. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work that
led to the development of mRNA vaccines against…
a) Malaria b) COVID-19
c) Dengue d) Measles

2. Who is the first Asian man to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the
Player category?
a) Ramesh Krishnan b) Leander Paes
c) Mahesh Bhupathi d) Vijay Amritraj

3. Which country retained its 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index 2023?
a) India b) China
c) Japan d) Australia

4. Who, known as the father of Green Revolution in India, passed away recently?
a) MS Swaminathan b) Verghese Kurien
c) CNR Rao d) AS Kiran Kumar

5. At the 19th Asian Games, Naorem Roshibina Devi won the silver medal in…
a) Badminton b) Roller skating
c) Karate d) Wushu
ANSWERS: Classes 3 & 4
1. Javelin throw
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Maldives
4. Whoosh
5. Pulkit Samrat

ANSWERS: Classes 5 & 6

1. Avinash Sable
2. Narwhal
3. Physics
4. Albus Dumbledore
5. Mathematics

ANSWERS: Classes 7 & 8

1. COVID-19
2. Leander Paes
3. India
4. MS Swaminathan
5. Wushu

Please note: We have placed the 15 current affairs questions under 3 broad
heads. Feel free to mix/adjust the questions as you deem best for your
students. Thank you.