Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs
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41. Who is / was the first tribal Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
[A] Vishnu Deo Sai
[B] Ajit Jogi
[C] Bhupesh Baghel
[D] Arun Sao
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Correct Answer: B [Ajit Jogi]
Notes:
Vishnu Deo Sai is the second tribal leader from Chhattisgarh after Ajit Jogi to be appointed as the state’s Chief Minister. He is a five-time MLA from the Kunkuri constituency in Jashpur district, which has a large tribal population. Known for keeping a low profile, Sai has risen from the grassroots, starting as a panchayat member. His administrative experience, clean image and deep connections with local communities seemed to have tilted the scales in his favour for the CM post. His elevation is significant for tribal politics in the state. It fulfils BJP’s promise of rotating the CM post between tribal and non-tribal leaders, made after the death of BJP’s influential tribal face Dr. Raman Singh.
42. Donald Tusk has become the new Prime Minister of which country recently?
[A] Poland
[B] Czech Republic
[C] Slovakia
[D] Belarus
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Correct Answer: A [Poland ]
Notes:
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda swore in Donald Tusk as the new Prime Minister on December 13, 2023. Donald Tusk is known as a pro-EU leader of the main opposition Civic Platform party. He has assumed office for the second time as Prime Minister after governing the country from 2007-2014. Tusk has taken charge as Prime Minister after the devastating electoral defeat of Poland’s ruling right wing populist Law and Justice party (PiS).
43. Where was the first Indian Art, Architecture & Design Biennale 2023 held at?
[A] Hyderabad
[B] Chennai
[C] Mumbai
[D] New Delhi
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Correct Answer: D [New Delhi ]
Notes:
The first Indian Art, Architecture & Design Biennale (IAADB) 2023 was held from December 9–15, 2023 at the Red Fort in New Delhi. The event was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The IAADB is a cultural introduction to Delhi, and acknowledges the “invisible edges between reality and fiction, memory and design, and past and present”. The event also marked the launch of the student Biennale, Samunnati, and the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design”.
44. Koya tribe is an indigenous tribe of which state?
[A] Meghalaya
[B] Andaman & Nicobar
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Tamil Nadu
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Correct Answer: C [Andhra Pradesh ]
Notes:
The indigenous Koya tribe in Andhra Pradesh, residing in the Papikonda hill range, has embraced eco-friendly practices to conserve the Indian Bison (Bos gaurus).
Koyas have replaced traditional Indian Bison horns with palm leaves to craft their traditional flute, Permakor. Permakore is a traditional flute, originally made from Indian Bison horns, and is now created using palm leaves as an eco-friendly alternative. The flute serves as a communication tool during hunting, celebrations, and festivals.
45. Who is currently (December, 2023) India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations?
[A] Arindam Bagchi
[B] Indra Mani Pandey
[C] K Nandini Singla
[D] Ruchira Kamboj
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Correct Answer: D [Ruchira Kamboj ]
Notes:
Recently, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, addressed the UNSC Open Debate on Small Arms to highlight India’s suffering from cross-border terrorism executed using smuggled weapons. A veiled critique of Pakistan, she emphasized that such illicit arms trafficking by non-state actors necessitates coordinated efforts to identify points of diversion. Her remarks also urged zero tolerance for state sponsors of terror entities.
46. Which film won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film at the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival?
[A] Featherweight
[B] Endless Borders
[C] Children of Nobody
[D] Kantara
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Correct Answer: C [Children of Nobody]
Notes:
‘Children of Nobody’ clinched the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film at the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival. Other films like ‘Endless Borders’ and ‘Kantara’ received accolades at the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), with ‘Kantara’ making history in the Kannada film industry. Michael Douglas was honored with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, and ‘Panchayat Season 2’ was named Best Web Series. ‘Featherweight’ had its Asian premiere at the 54th IFFI.
47.
Who is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi English award for 2023?
[A] Arundhathi Subramaniam
[B] Jhumpa Lahiri
[C] Neelam Saran Gour
[D] Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: C [Neelam Saran Gour]
Notes:
Neelam Saran Gour was honored with the Sahitya Akademi English award for 2023 for her novel ‘Requiem In Raga Janki’. This historical fiction, set in British-era Allahabad, delves into the life of the renowned singer Janki Bai Ilahabadi. Arundhathi Subramaniam was also a notable contender in the shortlist for her poetic memoir ‘Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker’.
48. The queen of millets ‘Raimati Ghiuria’, who was making news recently, is from which state?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Gujarat
[C] Odisha
[D] Jharkhand
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Correct Answer: C [Odisha ]
Notes:
Raimati Ghiuria, a tribal farmer from Odisha’s Koraput district, has preserved 30 varieties of millets and trained hundreds of women in cultivating rare millets. She was invited to the G20 Summit held to commemorate the ‘International Year of Millets’. At the G20 Summit she was called the ‘Queen of Millet’. She has been recognized as a pioneer in native seed conservation.
49. Who has been awarded the 6th Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize?
[A] Siddhartha Talya
[B] Twinkle Khanna
[C] Sukrita Paul
[D] Ashok Nanda
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Correct Answer: C [Sukrita Paul]
Notes:
The sixth edition of the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize was awarded to poet-critic Sukrita Paul Kumar for her book, ‘Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems’.
Founded in 2018 by US-based publisher Peter Bundalo, the award is a platform for world peace, literature, art, education and human rights. It also recognises works towards human rights and world peace with the Social Achievement Prize. The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for social achievement was awarded to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee for his contributions to societal welfare.
50. Which of the following numbers is called Hardy–Ramanujan number or most famous taxicab number?
[A] 1729
[B] 5436
[C] 38787
[D] 19083
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Correct Answer: A [1729]
Notes:
National Mathematics Day is celebrated on December 22nd every year to honor the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a renowned Indian mathematician. The day recognizes his contributions to the field of mathematics and aims to raise awareness about its importance. The International Day of Mathematics is celebrated on March 14th and is also known as Pi Day.
The number 1729 is known as the Hardy–Ramanujan number after a famous visit by Hardy to see Ramanujan at a hospital. About this number, Ramanujan remarked that “it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.”
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