Current Affairs Bunch 3

Important Dates

1. When is International Mountain Day observed annually?

a) 10th December b) 11th December c) 20th December d) 14th December

2. International Day of Neutrality is observed annually on which date?

[A] December 10 [B] December 12 [C] November 21 [D] January 24

3. On which date, the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas’ observed in India?

[A] January 1 [B] January 9 [C] January 14 [D] January 21

4. Which day is celebrated as the ‘National Startup Day’?

a) March 15 b) January 16 c) February 2 d) January 17

Appointments:-

5. Which Company’s CEO has been emerged as the highest paid CEO of India?

a) Infosys b) Wipro c) Hindustan Unilever Limited d) HCL Technologies

6. Who is appointed as India’s permanent representative to UN?

a) Akash Anand b) Arindam Bagchi c) Arun Singh d) Ajit Yadav

7. Who has been appointed as the CEO of The Indian Olympic Association (IOA)?

a) Jora Singh b) Yogesh Kathuniya c) Raghuram Iyer d) Shakti Singh

West Bengal Related:-

8. Which state has recently introduced a comprehensive social welfare scheme named
“Yogyasree”?

[A] West Bengal [B] Andhra Pradesh [C] Jharkhand [D] Bihar

9. Which Indian firm becomes the first to obtain ISO 27001:2022 certification?

a) Supreme Petrochem ltd. b) Manali Petrochemical ltd. c) Haldia Petrochemicals

d) Reliance Petrochemical

Important Events/Missions/Conventions:-
10. Which two countries’ scientists joined India’s 43rd Antarctic Expedition?

[A] Singapore and Mauritius [B] Bangladesh and Bhutan [C] Mauritius and Bangladesh

[D] Nepal and Myanmar

11. Which government department is responsible for organizing the Startup India Innovation
Week 2024 from 10th-18th January 2024?

[A] Department of Food and Public Distribution [B] Department for Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade (DPIIT) [C] Department of Financial Services [D] Department of Heavy
Industries

12. Ganga Sagar Mela, India’s second-largest fair after Kumbh Mela, is celebrated in which
state of India?

[A] Mizoram [B] West Bengal [C] Goa [D] Karnataka

13. Recently, International Camel Festival was started in which city of India?

[A] Jaisalmer, Rajasthan [B] Kutch, Gujarat [C] Indore, Madhya Pradesh [D] Bikaner,
Rajasthan

14. Which cities have jointly topped Centre’s annual Swachh Survekshan city cleanliness
rankings?

a) Surat and Indore b) Kolkata and Kalyani c) Bengaluru and Shimla d) Chennai and Imphal

Legal:-

15. Who has been nominated by the National Legal Services Authority as the Chairman of the
Supreme Court Legal Services?

a) Justice B.R. Gavai b) Justice Surya Kant c) Justice Hima Kohli d) Justice J B Pardiwala

Awards and Honours:-

16. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?

a) Annie Ernaux b) Can Xue c) Jon Fosse d) Pierre Agostini

17. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been honored with the prestigious
Leif Erikson Lunar Prize for-----
a) Chandrayaan 3 b) Aditya L-1 c) Astrosat 2 d) Mars Orbiter Mission

18. International Gender Equality Prize is given by which country?

[A] Sweden [B] Finland [C] Norway [D] Estonia

19. Which Bengali politician has received the Sansad Ratna awards?

a) Sudheer Gupta b) Sukanta Majumder c) Mamata Banerjee d) Amit MItra

20. Shirshendhu Mukyopadhyaya, who recently won the 2023 Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar is
a prolific writer of which language?

[A] Kannada [B] Bengali [C] Tamil [D] Hindi

Sports:-

21. Which club has been newly promoted to the Indian Super League from I-League?

a) Mohammedan SC b) Gokulam Kerala FC c) Jamshedpur FC d) Punjab FC

22. Which sport is being introduced in the 2024 Khelo India Youth Games for the first time?

[A] Squash [B] Canoeing [C] Kayaking [D] Canoe Slalom

23. Dean Elgar, who recently announced his retirement from International Cricket, is the
former captain of which team?

[A] Australia [B] South Africa [C] England [D] New Zealand

24. Recently, Haryana has emerged victorious in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24 by
defeating?

[A] Rajasthan [B] Maharashtra [C] Punjab [D] Gujarat

25. Who was the first footballer ever to win the FIFA World Cup Trophy as both player and
coach?

a) Mario Zagallo b) Franz Beckenbauer c) Didier Deschamps d) Mario Kempes

26. Who has secured India's maiden Asian Games gold in badminton? a) Chirag
Shetty,Satwiksairaj Rankireddy b) Arjun M.R.,Dhruv Kapila c) Srikanth Kidambi

d) Prannoy H. S.

27. In how many disciplines India has won medals in Asian Games 2022? a) 18 b) 23 c) 22 d)
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