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KAREN'S HIGH/COLLEGIATE/SECONDARY SCHOOL,

PATNA
CURRENT AFFAIRS
STD-VIII.
OCTOBER-2023
1. Which institution releases the compilation of Statistical
Performance Indicators (SPI)
Ans. World Bank
2. Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023 was awarded to Katalin
Mariko and Drew Weissman for their work in _:
Ans: mRNA Vaccine
3. R21/Matrix-M, which was recently approved, is the vaccine
against which disease?
Ans: Malaria
4. 'Statue of Equality', the largest statue of B R Ambedkar
outside India, is to be unveiled in which country?
Ans: USA
5. 'SAMPRITI-XI' is the joint military exercise conducted by
India and which country?
Ans: Bangladesh
6. Which state is associated with the 'Mukhyamantri Gramin
Awas NYAY Yojana' ?
And: Chhattisgarh
7. Neha Thakur, who secured a silver medal for India at Asian
Games, plays which sports?
Ans: Sailing
8. Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Hriday Cheda and Anush
Agarwalla, are associated with which sports?
Ans: Equestrian
9. Which Union Ministry prepared the ' Smart Cities Mission,
India: Localising SDGs' Report?
Ans: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
 10. Which countries are involved in the territorial claim of
'Scarborough Shoal' in the South China Sea?
Ans: China and Philippines
11. Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) is a tool used to
monitor which parameter?
Ans: Drought
12. Which Indian State is experiencing a surge in Scrub
Typhus?
Ans: Himachal Pradesh
13.Which institution is responsible for developing
international Mobile telecommunication standards?
Ans: ITU
14. Which institution launched 'Noor 3 imaging satellite'
into orbit?
Ans: Iran
15. Silicon carbide devices, which were seen in the use, are
used in which objects?
Ans: Electric Vehicles
16. Which country is the host of Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) Travel Mart 2023?
Ans: India
17. 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to three scientists
for research in which field?
Ans: Electrons in flashes of light
18. As per a new report, made along with NITI Aayog, which
state had the highest electricity demand in the country in
July 2023?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
19. As per the 'Ais Quality Life Index (AQLI) Annual Update
2023', poor air quality decreases the average Indian's life
expectancy by?
Ans: 5.1 years
20. Which sport won India the most gold medals at the 2023
Asian Games?
Ans: Shooting