Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2024

1. Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
[A] Australia
[B] Russia
[C] China
[D] India

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2. Recently, who received the ‘Kalaiah Krishnamurthy National Award’ for research work on gummy stem blight in bottle gourd?
[A] SS Dey
[B] Dhananjaya M.V.
[C] Asima Chatterjee
[D] Jayant Deshmukh

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3. Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission, recently in news, is associated with which space organization?

[A] ISRO
[B] CNSA
[C] NASA
[D] ESA

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4. Recently, the Prime minister of India launched “Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan” in which state?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Jharkhand
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Bihar

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5. What is the theme of an annual Indian Navy conference “Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) 2024”?
[A] Resource-Geopolitics and Security in the Indo-Pacific
[B] Evolving Maritime-Strategies within the Indo-Pacific
[C] Operationalising the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
[D] Geopolitical Impacts Upon Indo-Pacific Maritime Trade and Connectivity

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6. What kind of disorder is ‘Sickle Cell Disease’?
[A] Inherited blood disorder
[B] Respiratory disorder
[C] Brain disorder
[D] Eating disorder

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7. Where was the 26th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2024 organized?
[A] Paris
[B] London
[C] Moscow
[D] Dubai

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8. Which organization recently faced criticism from India for its report on religious minorities?
[A] International Buddhist Confederation
[B] Amnesty International
[C] United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
[D] Human Rights Watch

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9. Recently, nine captive-bred pygmy hogs were released in which national park of Assam?
[A] Kaziranga National Park
[B] Manas National Park
[C] Raimona National Park
[D] Namdapha National Park

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10. New species of potter wasp, Pseumenes siangensis, was discovered in which northeastern state?
[A] Assam
[B] Nagaland
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Mizoram

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