GK & CURRENT

AFFAIR
GK & Current Affair Worksheet – 21/04/2024
For students preparing for MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET 2024 for admission to BCA,
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
3 November 2023
1. Which country's climate change expert
Professor Saleemul Haq has passed away
recently? - Bangladesh
2. Recently, the name of the prestigious
throne room in the Raj Bhavan of which
state has been changed after Sardar Patel -
West Bengal
3. Who has recently approved the world's
Jirst passenger Jlying taxi EH 216-S - China
5. Where has Sachin Tendulkar's statue
been unveiled recently? - Wankhede
Stadium
Height of the statue- 22 feet
Architect – Pramod Kamble
6. Where did the last departure of MiG-21
Bison Jighter planes from the Indian Air
Force take place recently? - at Uttarlai,
North of Barmer in Rajasthan.
MiG 21 is quite old and has had many
accidents.
It was inducted into the Indian Air Force in
1963.
Now Mark-1A will be used instead of MiG-

Two passengers can sit in it. 7. Who has recently won the British
It has been made by EHang Company. Academy Book Prize 2023 - Nandini Das

4. Who has recently been given the Kerala For her book “Courting India: England,
Jyothi Award? Mughal India and the Origins of Empire."
T. Padmanabhan
8. Who has recently been nominated as the
next Regional Director of the South East
Asia Region of the World Health
Organization? Saima Wazed (from 2024 to
2028)

Saima Wajed is the daughter of Bangladesh

PM Sheikh Hasina. She will replace Poonam
Khetrapal.

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9. Who has recently been honored with
Ezhuthachan Award 2023 - SK Vasanthan
Ezhuthachan Award is the highest award of
Kerala in the Jield of literature. In this, a
prize money of Rs 5 lakh is given.
4 November 2023
10. Who has recently been chosen by Collins
Dictionary as the World of the Year 2023?-
AI
AI - artiJicial intelligence
11. Who has successfully tested Minuteman
III missile recently – United States of
America
Minuteman III is an intercontinental
ballistic missile. Minuteman III has been
developed by Boeing Company, whose range
is 6,000-plus miles, and its maximum range
is about 8,000 miles and speed is 23 Mach.
12. Which country will lead world
telecommunication standardization in
2024?
India will host ITU’s prestigious World
Telecom Standardization Assembly Delhi
2024 (WTSA 2024) from 15th - 24th Oct
2024.
13. Who tops Hurun India Philanthropy List
2023 - Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar has donated Rs 2,042 crore in
the Jinancial year 2022-23.
Wipro's Azim Premji is at second place -
donation of Rs 1777 crore.
Mukesh Ambani is in third place - donation
of Rs376 crore
14. Who has recently become the fastest
player to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket -
Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
By taking 100 wickets in 51 matches, Afridi
has taken the record of Australian fast
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bowler Mitchell Starc (100 ODI wickets in
52 matches).
15. Who has recently been appointed
Chairman and Managing Director of BHEL-
Mr. Koppu Sadashiv Murthy
Succeeded – Nalin Shinghal
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BHEL is a Maharatna Company which was
established in 1964.
Headquarters – New Delhi
16. When was International Biosphere
Reserve Day celebrated recently - 3
November
17. Who has become India's highest wicket
taker bowler in the recent World Cup -
Mohammed Shami
In the ODI World Cup match between India
and Sri Lanka, Mohammed Shami took 5
wickets and became the highest wicket
taker in India's ODI World Cup history
overtaking Zaheer Khan.
Played a total of 14 matches for Team India
in the World Cup and took a total of 45
wickets.
18. Which university of India will launch its
own satellite - SS AMU SAT will be launched
by Aligarh Muslim University.
It is named after Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the
founder of Aligarh Muslim University.
5th November 2023
19. Who has recently developed a software
named ENCORE - Election Commission of
India
EnCORE - Enabling Communication of Real
Time Environment
20. World Tsunami Awareness Day - 5
November
Theme 2023- Fighting inequality for a
resilient future
21. Where was World Food India 2023
organized? - Bharat Mandapam, Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi
Inauguration - by PM Modi on 3rd
November
Partner Country- Netherlands
The Jirst edition of World Food India was
held in 2017, this is the second edition.
World Food Day - 16 October
National Food Day - 24 October
22. Who has become the new Chief Justice
of Uttarakhand High Court - Ritu Bahri
Whose place will she replace? Vipin Sanghi
23. India's Jirst international cruise was
Jlagged off from Mumbai, what is the name
of the cruise - Costa Serena
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24. Which has become the Jirst foreign bank
to provide Electronic Bank Guarantee EBG
platform in India – HSBC Bank
HSBC Bank- Hong Kong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation,
Headquarters - London UK
6 October 2023
25. Where was Manufacturing Show 2023
organized recently – Bangalore
Inauguration- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath
Singh. This is the 6th edition in which
robotics, aerospace defence engineering,
automation, and drones were exhibited.
26. Recently the art exhibition Silent
Conversation: From Margins to Sender has
been started by which organization –
National Tiger Conservation Authority and
Sankala Foundation.
Recently, President Draupadi Murmu
inaugurated an art exhibition named Silent
Conservation in New Delhi. To
commemorate the completion of 50 years of
Project Tiger in the country, Project Tiger
was started in 1973.
27. Which state has recently started Dr.
Puneet Rajkumar Hridaya Jyoti Yojana -
Karnataka
Puneeth Rajkumar was a famous Kannada
actor who died of a heart attack two years
ago.
28. Who has recently been elected
Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust - Narendra
Modi (for the third time)
Shri Somnath Trust is a non-governmental
organization established in 1951.
Head Quarter - Gujarat Veraval
7 November 2023
29. Recently PMGKAY Pradhan Mantri Garib
Kalyan Anna Yojana was extended for how
many years – Extended for 5 years until the
end of 2028.
30. Who has recently been honored with the
Business Line Changemaker of the Year
2023 - RBI
Who received- Reserve Bank Governor
Shaktikanta Das
This is the 5th edition of this award.
31. Which country will host the 24th Asian
Archery Championship in 2025 -
Bangladesh
23rd edition- Bangkok, Thailand
32. Recently India has defeated which
country to win the Women's Asian
Champions Trophy Hockey title 2023 -
Japan
China stood third
Final Match played at Marang Gomke Jaipal
Singh Munda Astroturf Hockey Stadium,
Ranchi
33. Which country has successfully tested
ballistic missile Bulava? - Russia
Recently, Russia has successfully tested the
Bulava ballistic missile from the nuclear
powered submarine Emperor Alexander III.
Calling range – 6000 km
34. What position did India occupy in the
medal table in the recent Asian Shooting
Championship 2023? - Second place
With a tally of 59 medals (21 gold, 22 silver,
and 16 bronze medals) with China leading
the tally with 35 gold medals.
35. Who has recently become the Jirst
batsman in the world to be timed out –
Angelo Mathews.
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Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews was timed out
against Bangladesh in ICC WC 2023.
36. Recently, which medal has the Indian
Junior Men's Hockey Team won in the 11th
Sultan Johor Cup - Bronze Medal
Event - Malaysia
India has defeated Pakistan.
Gold- Germany,
Silver- Australia
Captain of Indian hockey team- Uttam Singh
37. What is the name of the fourth and last
guided missile destroyer ship recently built
under Project 15B - INS Surat (D69)
On 6 November, Gujarat Chief Minister
Bhupendra Patel unveiled INS Surat in
Surat, the warship was launched by Rajnath
Singh in Mumbai on 17 March 2022.
Manufacture- Mazagon Docks Shipbuilders
Ltd. Mumbai
Before this, INS Visakhapatnam (D66), INS
Mormugao(D67) and INS Imphal(D68)
were launched.
38. Who has recently become the country's
Jirst Dalit CIC Chief Information
Commissioner - Heeralal Samariya
Heeralal Samariya has replaced
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha as Chief
Information Commissioner.
Apart from these, two Information
Commissioners have also been appointed -
- Mrs. Anandi Ramalingam
- Vinod Kumar Tiwari
Who was the Jirst Chief Information
Commissioner of the country - Wajahat
Habibullah served from 2005 to 2010.
8 November 2023
39. Recently, where was the Jirst Australia
India Education and Skills Council meeting
held – IIT Gandhinagar Gujarat
India's Education Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan and Australia's Education Minister
Jason Claire participated in this meeting.
40. Recently, pyramids older than Egypt
have been discovered in Java Island of
Indonesia.
41. Who has recently won the seventh Paris
Masters title- Novak Djokovic
Whom defeated- Gregor Dmytro (Bulgaria)
42. Which state tops the 5th State Food
Security Index 2022-23 - Kerala
State Food Security index 2022-23 by FSSAI
- Goa is at Jirst place among small states,
- Jammu and Kashmir is at Jirst place among
UTs.
43. Who has recently become the Jirst
Indian woman to win the FIDE Grand Swiss
Chess Championship- R Vaishali
44. Who has recently won the Brazilian
Grand Prix 2023 title - Max Verstappen
(Red Bull, resident of Netherlands)
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- This is the 20th race of this year in which
Max Verstappen has registered his 17th
victory.
Three other winners out of 20 -
- Dubai Grand Prix- Sergio Perez Red Bull
- Azerbaijan Grand Prix- Sergio Perez Red
Bull
- Singapore Grand Prix- Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
45. When was National Cancer Awareness
Day celebrated – 7th November
November 7 is the birthday of Nobel Prize
winning scientist Madame Curie.
Child Protection Day- 7 November
46. Which country has recently become the
95th member of ISA? Chile
The sixth assembly of ISA- International
solar alliance was organized at Bharat
Mandapam in Delhi, India.
ISA DG- Dr. Ajay Mathur
HQ- Gurugram Haryana
This organization was formed by India and
France in the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change COP-21
conference held in Paris in 2015.
Objective- To promote solar energy and to
enrich the country situated between the
Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn in the Wield
of solar energy.
The countries between the Tropic of Cancer
and the Tropic of Capricorn are called
sunshine countries.
9 November 2023
47. Praveen Madhukar has been appointed
as Joint Director of CBI.
CBI-
Head Quarters- New Delhi,
Established- 1 April 1963
48. Which ministry has recently started the
Water for Women, Women for Water
campaign - Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs
Jal Diwali campaign started from 7-9
November
49. Who has become the Wirst state to
release caste economic survey recently-
Bihar
50. Where was the 7th Ganga Utsav
organized recently? New Delhi
Objective- To tell people about the
importance of rivers
51. Where was the second World Local
Production Forum recently organized –in
Netherlands.
The Wirst World Local Production Forum
was organized virtually in 2021.
52. Who has recently been honored with the
Kalakar Puraskar 2023 - Apolinaris D'Souza
(Konkani singer)
53. Recently, who was appointed as the
Surveyor General of India?
Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana
54. When was World Radiography Day
celebrated – 8 November
Theme- Celebrating Patient Safety
55. Who has recently won the Syed Mushtaq
Ali Trophy 2023 of cricket - Punjab
Edition- 16th,
Runner-up- Baroda Team
Final – Played at Inderjit Singh Bindra
Stadium, Mohali, Punjab.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Olympics
• Olympics games were started in 776
BC on Mount Olympia in the honour
of Greek God, ‘Zeus’. The modern
Olympic Games were started in
Athens, the capital of Greece on 6th
April, 1896 with great efforts made
by French nobleman, Baron Pierre
de Coubertin.
• The Olympic Games are organised
after every 4 years. The Olympic Flag
is made up of white silk and contains
Wive interwined rings as the Olympic
Emblem.
• The Wive interlaced rings are
arranged in 3-2 pattern on a white
background, with the blue ring to the
extreme left, followed by yellow,
black, green and red, in the same
order. Blue for Europe, Black for
Africa, Red for Americas (North and
South America), Yellow for Asia and
Green for Oceania (Australia and
New Zealand).
• The ofWicial Olympic Motto is Citius,
Altius, Fortius, a Latin phrase
meaning Swifter, Higher, Stronger.
2024, Summer Olympic will be held
in Paris, France.
Commonwealth Games
• The Wirst Commonwealth Games
were held in 1930 in Hamilton,
Canada.
• Since 1930, the games have been
conducted every 4 years except for
1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
• The Commonwealth Games
Federation (CGF) is the organisation
which is responsible for the
direction and control of the
Commonwealth Games.
• There are currently 53 members in
the Commonwealth of Nations.
 • The 2018 Commonwealth Games
(21st) were held an Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia. Most gold
medals were won by Australia.

The Asian Games

• The Asian Games, also called the
Asiad, are a multi-sport event held
every 4 years among athletes from
all over Asia.
• The games are regulated by the
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA),
under the supervision of the
International Olympic Committee
(IOC). The Wirst Asian Games were
held in 1951 in New Delhi (India).
18th Asian Games of 2018 were held
at Jakarta (Indonesia) in which India
Winished at eighth position.

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