Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2023

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The businessline’s Changemaker of the Year award was awarded to the Reserve Bank of India for steering India through the turbulent period of the pandemic, which had a large impact of the global economy.
Amul, was crowned iconic changemaker of the year. Power minister R K Singh gave away the awards at the fifth edition of the event.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) free ration scheme for another five years.
The PMGKAY was introduced in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide 5 kg free foodgrains to eligible ration card holders under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA).

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The Indian Navy’s Ilyushin-38 Sea Dragon Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft bid farewell after 46 years of glorious service to the nation.
INAS 315 was commissioned in 1977 with the induction of IL-38 aircraft heralding a modern era of airborne Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare in the Navy. Two of these aircraft will remain stationed permanently at the National Maritime Heritage Museum, Lothal, Gujarat and at Nipani in Karnataka.

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The 54th International Film Festival of India will be held in Goa from November 20 to 28, 2023. British film ‘Catching Dust’ will be opening at the festival while the American film ‘The Featherweight’ will be the closing movie.
Turkish film About Dry Grasses will be the midfest movie. Hollywood star Michael Douglas will be honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI this year. During the 9-day festival, more than 270 films will be showcased. The opening Film in the feature section is a Malayalam film, Aattam, and in the non-feature section is Andro Dreams from Manipur.

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The Union government launched packaged wheat flour at a subsidized rate that can be bought by all consumers.
This aims to control the food prices during the festive season when demand for commodities rises. These agencies will sell the flour, branded Bharat Atta, at a cut price of ₹27.50 a kilogram, against a market price of ₹32-34 a kilogram.

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Indian chess players Vaishali and Vidit Gujrathi win FIDE Grand Swiss women’s and open titles. Vaishali, along with her younger brother Praggnanandhaa, became the first brother-sister duo to qualify for the respective Candidates.
She also became the first Indian to win the Grand Swiss.

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Chinese paleontologists have made a new discovery, identifying two previously unknown species of lampreys from fossils estimated to be around 160 million years old.
Lampreys are jawless fish that bear a resemblance to eels in appearance. Generally, these are thought of as parasitic organisms, that use their disc-shaped mouths and sharp teeth to latch onto prey and suck their blood.

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The crest of Indian Navy’s latest, under-construction, guided missile destroyer ‘Surat’, was unveiled by Bhupendra Patel, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, at a vibrant ceremony in the city of Surat, in presence of Adm R Hari Kumar, the Chief of the Naval Staff.
The crest of Surat depicts the famous lighthouse at Hazira (Surat), located at southern entrance of the Gulf of Khambhat. Surat is the fourth ship of the indigenously designed and constructed Project 15B (Vishakhapatnam Class) destroyers.

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The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a proposal to make a 50 per cent increase in the quota allocated to members in proportion to their current quotas. The proposal will now be considered and made effective by the board of governors as part of concluding the 16th general review of quotas.
Currently, India has a quota of special drawing rights (SDR) 13,114.4 million which denotes a share of 2.75 per cent, making it the eighth-largest quota-holding country in the IMF.

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India’s patent applications by resident applicants jump by 31.6% in 2022 as compared with the previous year, as per the latest study released recently by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
This rise is the highest of any country in 2022. With 55,718 resident patent applications in 2022, India’s numbers grew faster than other competing countries that include Switzerland (6.1 per cent), China (3.1), and Austria and the UK (both at 2.5 per cent).