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National – International Current Affairs (January – 2024)
1. Gianni Infantino, President of which organization (c) Hathras (d) Solan
was honored with the Sports Personality Award in11. Which country Scientists have successfully cloned
Dubai? the first healthy rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatt) called
(a) FIFA (b) ICC Retro?
(c) BCCI (d) WEF (a) America (b) India
2. Who has been appointed as the Director General of(c) China (d) Russia
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)? 12. Which state government is set to introduce India's
(a) Daljit Singh Chaudhary first submarine tourism?
(b) Nitin Agarwal (a) Odisha (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Rahul Rasgotra (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
(d) Manoj Yadava 13. By whom has the book titled "The Babri Masjid
3. 'Ugram' assault rifle has been developed in Ram Mandir Dilemma" been written?
collaboration with which private sector company? (a) V.P. Singh
(a) Tata Group (b) Madhav Godbole
(b) Mahindra & Mahindra (c) Ramchandra Guha
(c) Infosys (d) Jhumpa Lahiri
(d) Dvipa Armour India Private Limited 14. Who has been posthumously honored with Tenzing
4. According to the Skytrax awards for the year 2023,Norgay Award?
which airport was crowned as the World's Best (a) Savita Kanswal
Airport? (b) Radheshyam Kanswal
(a) Hamad International Airport (c) Krushnaa Patil
(b) Changi Airport (d) Premlata Agarwal
(c) Incheon International Airport 15. Which of the following has declared 2024 as the
(d) Heathrow Airport “Year of Technology Absorption”?
5. Red ant chutney gets GI tag, Red ant chutney known(a) ISRO (b) Indian Army
as "Kai Chutney" is produced in Mayurbhanj district of(c) Indian government (d) RBI
which Indian state? 16. Who has become the first woman to win the Best
(a) Maharashtra (b) Odisha Environment Officer award in the sugar industry?
(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka (a) Sheetal Devi (b) Deepa Bhandare
6. Where will India's first centrally funded cow (c) Rekha Menon (d) Antim Panghal
sanctuary be built? 17. Which American army officer has won Miss
(a) Surat (b) Patna America 2024 pageant?
(c) Muzaffarnagar (d) Agra (a) Diana Holland
7. Which airports were jointly awarded the ‘Best (b) Kristen Griest
Airport of the Year’at Wings India 2024? (c) Chrissy Cook
(a) Kempegowda and Indira Gandhi (d) Madison Marsh
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Kempegowda 18. Who has Received ‘Man of the Year 2023’ Award
(c) Rajiv Gandhi and Kempegowda from Home Minister Shri Amit Shah?
(d) Dabolim and Kempegowda (a) James Marape
8. Who has been honored with the BestDirector- (b) Mr L P Hemanth K Srinivasulu
Motion Picture Award at the Golden Globes 2024? (c) Dr. Sanjay B Chordiya
(a) Steven Spielberg (d) None of these
(b) James Cameron 19. Who has assumed the charge of 'Chief of Material'
(c) Christopher Nolan in the Navy?
(d) Bong Joon-ho (a) B. Shivakumar
9. Where has the National Institute of Pharmaceutical(b) Kiran Deshmukh
Education and Research been inaugurated? (c) Abhinav Sen Gupta
(a) Guwahati (b) Aizawl (d) Rakesh bhadauria
(c) Shimla (d) Dehradun 20. Who has been named captain of ICC ODI team of
10. According to ASER Report 2023, which city has athe year?
higher enrollment rate among children in the 14-18 age
(a) Joe Root
bracket compared to other cities? (b) Rohit Sharma
(a) Hyderabad (b) Varanasi (c) Suryakumar Yadav

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(d) Sikandar Raza (a) Twinkle Khanna (b) Kareena Kapoor
21. Who has been posthumously awarded the country's (c) Priyanka Chopra (d) Huma Qureshi
highest civilian award Bharat Ratna 2024? 32. Who is the recipient of the Assam Baibhav award
(a) Karpoori Thakur announced by the Assam government?
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (a) Ranjan Gogoi (b) Narendra Modi
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan (c) Smriti Irani (d) Ratan Tata
(d) Bismillah Khan 33. In which Indian state did the revival of Moh-Juj
22. Where is the world's first 'black tiger safari' (buffalo) fights take place?
planned to be established? (a) Bihar (b) Assam
(a) Kerala (b) Odisha (c) Karnataka (d) Punjab
(c) Karnataka (d) Madhya Pradesh 34. Where has evidence of human habitation spanning
23. Who has become the first Indian archer to win the800 BC to 3,000 years been discovered?
World Archery Award? (a) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
(a) Deepika Kumari (b) Vadnagar, Gujarat
(b) Sheetal Devi (c) Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
(c) Dola Banerjee (d) Vellore, Tamil Nadu
(d) Jyothi Surekha Vennam 35. Which state has achieved the Guinness World
24. Who has been appointed as the acting Chairman Record
of for collective Suryanamaskar 108
at places
the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)? simultaneously?
(a) Sanjeev Khanna (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh
(b) B.R. Gavai (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
(c) Sanjay Kishan Kaul 36. Hatti community of which state has got the status
(d) N.V. Ramana of Scheduled Tribe?
25. The statue of 'Ram Lalla' has been made by(a)the Gujarat
famous sculptor Arun Yogiraj of which state? (b) Uttarakhand
(a) Karnataka (b) Telangana (c) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Tamilnadu (d) Andhra Pradesh (d) Himachal Pradesh
26. Which of the following has become the first Union37. Which player has won the title of Puberty Athlete
Territory to implement PM Vishwakarma Yojana? of the Year 2023 by defeating Lionel Messi?
(a) Delhi (a) Virat Kohli
(b) Ladakh (b) Subhman Gill
(c) Jammu and Kashmir (c) Surya Kumar Yadav
(d) Chandigarh (d) Rohit Sharma
27. Who has been appointed as Chairman and 38. Which organization has declared the year 2024 as
Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid 'Year of Human Resource Development and
Corporation? Discipline'?
(a) Sreekant Kandikuppa (a) RBI (b) ISRO
(b) Vivek Srivastava (c) DRDO (d) IREDA
(c) Arvind Panagariya 39. The government of which state has inaugurated the
(d) Ravindra Kumar Tyagi early warning system 'Rahat Vani Centre' for Disaster
28. Who is the co-founder of Flipkart and the founder management?
of the new e-commerce startup, OppDoor? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan
(a) Sachin Bansal (b) Mukesh Bansal (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Chhattisgarh
(c) Binny Bansal (d) Kunal Bahl 40. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director
29. Which country has launched its first homegrown of National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL)?
cruise ship Adora Magic City? (a) Santosh Kumar (b) P. Santhosh
(a) America (b) Russia (c) Deepak Mohanty (d) Reena Gupta
(c) China (d) India 41. Which writer has been awarded the 2023 Kuvempu
30. Who will succeed Gautam Adani as the ManagingRashtriya Puraskar?
Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (a) Sreshtha Galpa
Ltd? (b) Sreshtha Mukhopadhyay
(a) Ashwani Gupta (b) Karan Adani (c) Deepak Mohanty
(c) Vijay Adani (d) None of the above (d) Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
31. Who has released her new a fantasy novel 'ZEBA:
an accidental superhero'?
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42. Where is Adidas establishing its first and only54. In which state did Adani Group collaborate for
Global Capacity Centre (GCC) in Asia outside of Data Centre and Aerospace Park investment?
China? (a) Maharashtra (b) Karnataka
(a) India (b) Japan (c) Telangana (d) Gujarat
(c) South Korea (d) Singapore 55. Which program has been launched by the Ministry
43. Who has been elected as the president of the of All
Education to empower students with leadership
India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA)? qualities and provide a unique learning experience?
(a) Shashi Singh (b) Ramesh Kejriwal (a) PRERANA (b) SATHI
(c) Zafar Ahmed (d) P. Santosh (c) SIKHO (d) SHIKSHA
44. Who has been appointed as president of the 56. Who has been appointed as Secretary General of
European Investment Bank? BIMSTEC?
(a) Nadia Calvino (b) Werner Hoyer (a) Tenzin Lekphell
(c) Angela denn (d) Mario Draghi (b) Abdul Motaleb Sarker
45. What is the name of the Indian government's (c) Indra Mani Pandey
initiative in the UAE for showcasing and storing Indian(d) P. Santosh
goods? 57. How many languages did Kerala teenager Suchetha
(a) Bharat Showcase (b) India Store Satish sing at the ‘Concert for Climate’ in Dubai?
(c) Bharat Park (d) India Hub (a) 100 Languages (b) 120 Languages
46. Who has been appointed as the Director General (c) of 140 Languages (d) 160 Languages
Fire Service, Civil Defence & Home Guards under the58. In which country will the new campus of IIT
Ministry of Home Affairs? Madras be opened?
(a) Dinesh Khara (b) Nitin Kareer (a) Sri Lanka (b) Maldives
(c) Vivek Srivastava (d) Sudhansh Pant (c) Bangladesh (d) France
47. At which place has the country's first Sainik School
59. Which Fintech Giant has appointed Ritesh Pai as
for girls been inaugurated? the new CEO of its international payments business?
(a) Agra (b) Gorakhpur (a) Paytm (b) PhonePe
(c) Bahraich (d) Vrindavan (c) Google Pay (d) Tata Pay
48. Who has been appointed as Director (Human 60. Who has been appointed as the Indian ambassador
Resources) at Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)? of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva?
(a) Rashmi Govil (b) Anil Kumar (a) P Santosh
(c) Ramesh Sharma (d) Priya Singh (b) Brajendra Navnit
49. In which state was the 82nd Indian History (c) Senthil Pandian C
Congress organized? (d) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
(a) Karnataka (b) Telangana 61. What are the names of the online Portals Launched
(c) Rajasthan (d) Haryana unveiled for Street Vendors by Minister Hardeep Singh
50. Under the National GI Drive Mission, what productPuri?
from West Bengal received the Geographical (a) PAiSA and SVANidhi
Indication (GI) tag? (b) RupEe and SVANidhi
(a) Kadiyal Sarees (b) Black Nunia Rice (c) Grievance and Vendor
(c) Tangail (d) Gorod (d) Vendor and SVANidhi
51. Who has been appointed as Chief executive officer 62. Which city topped the list of the most polluted
of Indian Olympic Association? cities in India in 2023 according to the report by Centre
(a) Raghuram Iyer (b) Jay Shah for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)?
(c) Sanjay Singh (d) Adity Puri (a) Begusarai (b) Greater Noida
52. Wancho wood craft of which Indian state has (c) Byrnihat (d) New Delhi
received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag? 63. In the latest Swachh Survekshan results, which city
(a) Odisha emerged as the joint winner for the top rank along with
(b) West Bengal Surat?
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (a) Navi Mumbai (b) Saswad
(d) Mizoram (c) Indore (d) Varanasi
53. In which state/UT was a 10th-century inscription 64. What is India's passport ranking in Henley Passport
found, written in both Kannada and Sanskrit? Index 2024?
(a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (a) 50th (b) 62nd
(c) Goa (d) Lakshadweep (c) 80th (d) 100th

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inaugurated? 78. Who wrote the song "Banglar Mati Banglar Jal,"
(a) Assam (b) West Bengal declared as the State Song by the West Bengal
(c) Mizoram (d) Odisha government?
66. Who has unveiled an insightful book titled “Modi: (a) Kazi Nazrul Islam
Energising A Green Future”? (b) Rabindranath Tagore
(a) Amit Shah (b) Narendra Modi (c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(c) Bhupender Yadav (d) R. K. Pachnanda (d) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
67. What are the names of the two tiger mascots of the 79. Who has been appointed as 16th Finance
9th Asian Winter Games? Commission Chairman?
(a) Sinsin and Nini (a) N. K. Singh
(b) Binbin and Nini (b) Arvind Panagariya
(c) Jora and Shera (c) K.C. Neogy
(d) Hanuman and Sheru (d) Y.V. Reddy
68. 'William Lai' has become the new President of 80. Which state has obtained GI tag for dates known as
which country? Kachchhi Kharek?
(a) Thailand (b) Taiwan (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra
(c) Myanmar (d) Maldives (c) Haryana (d) Gujarat
69. In which state has Pench Tiger Reserve achieved 81. Who has been appointed as France's youngest-ever
the status of India's first Dark Sky Park? Prime Minister and the first openly gay official to hold
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan this prestigious position?
(c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka (a) Emmanuel Macron
70. What is the length of Atal Setu, making it India's (b) Gabriel Attal
longest bridge built on the sea? (c) Jean Castex
(a) 15.4 km (b) 18.9 km (d) Édouard Philippe
(c) 21.8 km (d) 25.5 km 82. Crown Prince Frederick has become the new king
71. Which city has achieved a world record with ofthe which country?
longest solar light line installation? (a) Denmark (b) Finland
(a) Varanasi (b) Ayodhya (c) Norway (d) Germany
(c) Haridwar (d) Mathura 83. Which country secured first position in the Global
72. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer 2024, Firepower Military Strength Ranking 2024?
which country has emerged as a global leader in trust? (a) America (b) China
(a) China (b) India (c) Russia (d) India
(c) America (d) Brazil 84. In which city has a solar-poweredboat been
73. Who won the Best FIFA Men's Player Award? launched for the first time in India?
(a) Kylian Mbappe (b) Lionel Messi (a) Haridwar (b) Varanasi
(c) Cristiano Ronaldo (d) Neymar (c) Patna (d) Ayodhya
74. Who has written the book named 'Anarkali'? 85. Who has written the novel "Conversations with
(a) Munawwar Rana Aurangzeb"?
(b) Sumant Batra (a) Charu Nivedita (b) Nandini Krishnan
(c) Shashi Tharoor (c) Jhumpa Lahiri (d)Asiti Goswami/
(d) Antima Thakur 86. In which state are the artificial reef units being set
75. Who has Surpassed Viswanathan Anand to Become up?
India’s Number one Chess Player? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka
(a) Dommaraju Gukesh (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra
(b) Arjun Erigaisi 87. According to Forbes, which currency is the most
(c) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa powerful in the world?
(d) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (a) Euro (b) Kuwaiti Dinar
76. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of(c) Bahraini Dinar (d) US Dollar
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila? 88. Where did the 19th Non-Aligned Movement
(a) Vikas Sheel (b) Smita Sarangi (NAM) Summit take place?
(c) Senthil Pandian (d) Parveen Kumar (a) India (b) Egypt
77. Where did the National Street Food Festival 2023(c) Angola (d) Uganda
take place?
(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata
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89. How many children have been recognized for 95. Which country's Alabama state used a new method
outstanding accomplishments in the Pradhan Mantri of execution by nitrogen gas?
Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2024? (a) China (b) North Korea
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) Qatar (d) America
(c) 18 (d) 19 96. Which Airport of Uttar Pradesh has been renamed
90. Who has received the Cricketer of the Year awardMaharishi Valmiki Airport?
at the NAMAN Awards ceremony in Hyderabad? (a) Ayodhya (b) Varanasi
(a) Ravi Shastri (b) Shubman Gill (c) Gorakhpur (d) Jaunpur
(c) Rohit Sharma (d) Sachin Tendulkar 97. Who has been appointed as the official brand
91. Which country has become fifth country to land onambassador for football by Sony Sports Network?
the moon successfully? (a) Ranveer Singh
(a) Russia (b) China (b) Kartik Aaryan
(c) America (d) Japan (c) Ayushmann Khurrana
92. Which is the first fruit from Gujarat to receive the (d) Varun Dhawan
Geographical Indication (GI) tag? 98. Which country has Successfully Tested Advanced
(a) Soor Mango Rocket System Fatah-II?
(b) Alphonso mango (a) Pakistan (b) Afghanistan
(c) Kachchhi Kharek (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Qatar
(d) Gir Kesar mango 99. Who has been appointed as the first woman
93. Which state's Girls team won the gold medal in the Director General of the Central Industrial Security
Cycling team sprint event? Force (CISF)?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Rajasthan (a) Anisha Dayal (b) Nina Singh
(c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh (c) Vina Dani (d) Anita Deshai
94. Which country has launched world’s first malaria 100. Which medal did Koneru Humpy win at the
vaccine program for children? World Women Rapid Championships 2023?
(a) Nigeria (b) Gabon (a) Gold (b) Silver
(c) Cameroon (d) Congo (c) Bronze (d) None of these

Answers
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. D 18. B 19. B 20. B
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. B
31. D 32. A 33. B 34. B 35. A 36. D 37. A 38. D 39. A 40. B
41. D 42. A 43. A 44. A 45. C 46. C 47. D 48. A 49. B 50. A
51. A 52. C 53. C 54. C 55. A 56. C 57. C 58. A 59. B 60. C
61. A 62. C 63. C 64. C 65. D 66. C 67. B 68. B 69. C 70. C
71. B 72. A 73. B 74. B 75. C 76. A 77. C 78. B 79. B 80. D
81. B 82. A 83. A 84. D 85. A 86. C 87. B 88. D 89. D 90. B
91. C 92. C 93. A 94. C 95. D 96. A 97. B 98. A 99. B 100. B

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