Current Affairs Quiz: April 9, 2024
- In the report ‘Synchronising Energy Transitions Towards Possible Net Zero for India: Affordable and Clean Energy for All’, which year does India aim to produce 1 lakh MW of nuclear power by, as stated by A K Mohanty?
A) 2030
B) 2047
C) 2055
D) 2060
E) 2037
- In which Indian state is the commercial plant for recycling lithium-ion batteries and e-waste, developed by Remine India in partnership with the Technology Development Board (TDB), located?
A) Karnataka
B) Uttarakhand
C) Maharashtra
D) Gujarat
E) Uttara Pradesh
- What action has Zimbabwe’s government taken regarding its currency, as stated in the recent move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration?
A) Introducing a digital currency
B) Adopting a cryptocurrency
C) Replacing the collapsed local dollar with a new gold-backed currency
D) Pegging its currency to the US dollar
E) None of the above
- What proposal has the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made regarding Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) and third-party UPI applications?
A) Allowing PPI wallet holders to link their accounts with third-party UPI applications for more flexibility in making UPI payments
B) Restricting PPI wallet holders from using third-party UPI applications for making payments
C) Introducing a new regulation banning the linking of PPIs with any UPI applications
D) Encouraging PPI wallet holders to use only RBI-approved UPI applications for making payments
E) None of the above
- The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Canara Bank and Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay, aims to provide financial assistance to which sector?
A) Agriculture
B) Education
C) Start-ups
D) None of these
E) Healthcare
- According to the latest Government data, what milestone has been achieved by small business loans disbursed under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) in FY24?
A) ₹1 lakh crore
B) ₹2 lakh crore
C) ₹3 lakh crore
D) ₹5 lakh crore
E) None of the above
- According to a report from energy cargo tracker Vortexa, which country has overtaken India as the primary importer of Russian crude oil via sea routes?
A) United States
B) Japan
C) China
D) South Korea
E) None of the bove
- Which company’s subsidiary, Central Coalfields Limited, recently unveiled its new logo along with the tagline “Fuelling Sustainable Growth”?
A) NTPC Limited
B) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
C) Coal India Limited
D) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
E) None of the above
- At the Monte Carlo Masters, which Indian tennis player made history by becoming the first ever Indian to win a main draw match?
A) Rohan Bopanna
B) Leander Paes
C) Sumit Nagal
D) Prajnesh Gunneswaran
E) None of the above
- Who clinched the Women’s and Men’s singles titles at the Kazakhstan International Badminton Challenge tournament in Astana?
A) Anupama Upadhyaya and M. Tharun
B) P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth
C) Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap
D) Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
E) None of the above
- Who has been appointed as a member of the 16th Finance Commission by the government of India, replacing Niranjan Rajadhyaksha?
A) Manmohan Singh
B) Raghuram Rajan
C) Manoj Panda
D) Arvind Subramanian
E) None of the above
- What effect did the news of Chandra Shekhar Ghosh’s decision to step down from his roles as founder, managing director, and CEO have on Bandhan Bank’s share prices?
A) A surge of 9% in share prices
B) A decline of 5% in share prices
C) A decline of over 9% in share prices
D) No significant change in share prices
E) None of the above
- Who has been confirmed as the world’s oldest man by Guinness World Records?
A) Juan Vicente Pérez Mora
B) John Alfred Tinniswood
C) José Peralta
D) Muhammad Abdul Malik
E) None of the above
- Who are the recipients of this year’s “Freedom Prize of the Media”?
A) Yulia Navalnaya and Alexei Navalny
B) Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron
C) Jacinda Ardern and Justin Trudeau
D) Greta Thunberg and Malala Yousafzai
E) None of the above
- Which mission did SpaceX launch, marking the first in a new line of dedicated rideshare missions?
A) Bandwagon-1
B) Falcon-11
C) RideShare-1
D) Starlink-1
E) None of the above
- How many missiles were included in the first batch of Igla-S Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) received by the Indian Army as part of the deal with Russia?
A) 50 missiles
B) 75 missiles
C) 100 missiles
D) 125 missiles
E) None of the above
- Who among the Ramsay Brothers, known for their cult horror films, recently passed away at the age of 83?
A) Tulsi Ramsay
B) Shyam Ramsay
C) Gangu Ramsay
D) Kumar Ramsay
E) None of the above
- Which former football personality, known for his tenure as a defender at Tottenham Hotspur and as a manager at Wimbledon, passed away at the age of 77?
A) Joe Kinnear
B) Harry Redknapp
C) Glenn Hoddle
D) Alan Mullery
E) None of the above