Current Affairs from 8 to 15 January 2024

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Q 1. Which Tiger Reserve has got the title of India’s first ‘Dark Sky Park’?

(a) Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
(b) Pench Tiger Reserve
(c) Namdapha Tiger Reserve
(d) Kamlang Tiger Reserve

Q 2. Who inaugurated India’s longest bridge over the sea?

(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Anurag Thakur

Q 3. Which two cities have received the ‘Cleanest Ganga City’ award in the ‘Clean Survey-2023’?

(a) Varanasi and Kanpur
(b) Varanasi and Prayagraj
(c) Kanpur and Prayagraj
(d) Prayagraj and Ghazipur

Q 4. With whom has the International Hockey Federation signed an agreement for broadcasting hockey tournaments?

(a) Disney Hotstar
(b) Viacom 18
(c) Doordarshan
(d) Amazon Prime

Q 5. Who was the chief guest of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit?

(a) Joe Biden
(b) Philippe Nyusi
(c) Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
(d) Draupadi Murmu

Q 6. Who has been named as the new Prime Minister of France?

(a) Elizabeth Bourne
(b) Gabriel Atal
(c) Sebastien Lecornu
(d) Emmanuel Macron

Q 7. In which country will the new campus of IIT Madras be opened?

(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(d) Bangladesh

Q 8. Who has the Indian fintech ‘PhonePe’ recently appointed as the CEO of its international payments business?

(a) Ajay Bangga
(b) Vikram Sethi
(c) Ritesh Pai
(d) Nikhil Kamat

Q 9. Which country will chair the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in July this year?

(a) Japan
(b) France
(c) Nepal
(d) India

Q 10. ‘Chandubi Mahotsav’ was recently celebrated in which state?

(a) Bihar
(b) Assam
(c) West Bengal
(d) Haryana

Q 11. Earth’s Rotation Day 2024 observed on which Date?

(a) 8 January
(b) 10 January
(c) 11 January
(d) 13 January

Q 12. Indian classical musician Rashid Khan, who passed away recently, belongs to which gharana?

(a) Darbhanga Gharana
(b) Dagri Gharana
(c) Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana
(d) Beneras Gharana

Q 13. Which state was awarded the cleanest state in the “Swachh Survekshan Award 2023”?

(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Goa

Q 14. Which is the longest sea bridge in India?

(a) Pamban Road Bridge
(b) Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link
(c) Gandhi Setu
(d) Atal Setu

Q 15. Which film has won the Golden Globe Award-2024 for the best motion picture (Drama)?

(a) Oppenheimer
(b) Dune
(c) King Richard
(d) The Power of the Dog

Q 16. What is the rank of Indian passport in the Henley Passport Index-2024?

(a) 77
(b) 80
(c) 56
(d) 85

Q 17. Which country has become India to set up spacecraft in Sun-Earth orbit – Lagrange Point (L1)?

(a) First
(b) Fifth
(c) Fourth
(d) Second

Q 18. India’s Sucheta Satish Recently set a Guinness World Record in which field?

(a) Books
(b) Sports
(c) Story
(d) Music

Q 19. On which of the following days is “Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)” Celebrated?

(a) 9 January
(b) 11 January
(c) 12 January
(d) 14 January

Q 20. “Bharat Park” will be opened by the Government of India in which country?

(a) Oman
(b) Israel
(c) UAE
(d) Kuwait

Q 21. Who was given the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022 for Land Adventure on 9th January 2024?

(a) Vaidehi Kumari
(b) Savita Kanswal
(c) Anita Singh
(d) Jaswant Mahima



Q 22. Which country launched Lunar Mission “Peregrin-1”?

(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) France

Q 23. The Famous annual fair “Ganga Sagar Mela” is held in which state of India?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Jharkhand
(d) West Bengal

Q 24. In which state was the International Purple Festival 2024 organized?

(a) Goa
(b) Gujarat
(c) Kerala
(d) Delhi

Q 25. In which field is the popular ‘Rejupave Technology’ used?

(a) Agriculture Sector
(b) IT Sector
(c) Road Construction
(d) Environment Sector

Q 26. Tshering Tobgay has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?

(a) Myanmar
(b) Malaysia
(c) Thailand
(d) Bhutan

Q 27. What is the theme of Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2024?

(a) Gateway to the Future
(b) Gujarat to the Future
(c) Gateway to the Gujarat Future
(d) Gateway to the Gujarat

Q 28. “Chandubi” Festival is the main festival of which state?

(a) Tripura
(b) Manipur
(c) Assam
(d) Sikkim

Q 29. “Sohrai Mahaparva” is related to which state?

(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Karnataka
(d) Jharkhand

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Answers:

1-Ans.  (b) Pench Tiger Reserve
2-Ans. (a) Narendra Modi
3-Ans. (b) Varanasi and Prayagraj
4-Ans. (b) Viacom 18
5-Ans. (c) Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
6-Ans. (b) Gabriel Atal
7-Ans. (a) Sri Lanka
8-Ans. (c) Ritesh Pai
9-Ans. (d) India
10-Ans. (b) Assam
11-Ans. (a) 8 January
12-Ans. (c) Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana
13-Ans. (b) Maharashtra
14-Ans. (d) Atal Setu
15-Ans. (a) Oppenheimer
16-Ans. (b) 80
17-Ans. (c) Fourth
18-Ans. (d) Music
19-Ans. (a) 9 January
20-Ans. (c) UAE
21-Ans. (b) Savita Kanswal
22-Ans. (c) USA
23-Ans. (d) West Bengal
24-Ans. (a) Goa
25-Ans. (c) Road Construction
26-Ans. (d) Bhutan
27-Ans. (a) Gateway to the Future
28-Ans. (c) Assam
29-Ans. (d) Jharkhand