Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2024

1. Mona Agarwal recently won a bronze medal in which event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics?
[A] Table Tennis
[B] Boxing
[C] Shooting
[D] Wrestling

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2. Hrim-2 ballistic missile, recently seen in the news, is developed by which country?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] Ukraine

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3. Which city of Nepal recently recognized as a ‘healthy city’ by the World Health Organization?
[A] Bharatpur
[B] Biratnagar
[C] Dhulikhel
[D] Dharan

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4. What is “Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)”, recently seen in news?
[A] Fungus disease of Birds
[B] Viral disease of livestock
[C] Plant disease
[D] None of the Above

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5. What is ‘Ophiocordyceps unilateralis’, recently seen in news?
[A] Bacteria
[B] Fish
[C] Virus
[D] Fungus

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6. Which ministry recently launched the ‘AgriSURE Fund’ and ‘Krishi Nivesh Portal’ in New Delhi?
[A] Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
[B] Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
[C] Ministry of Rural Development
[D] Ministry of Power

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7. Recently, where was the national-level workshop on the “Indian Ocean Biodiversity Information System (IndOBIS)” conducted?
[A] National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
[B] Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad
[C] Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi
[D] Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

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8. Which states have recorded the highest growth in real gross state domestic product (GSDP) in FY24?
[A] Manipur, Odisha and Jharkhand
[B] Gujarat, Assam and Punjab
[C] Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana
[D] Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan

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9. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has recently launched the ‘Graphene-Aurora program’ in which state?
[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Kerala
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Assam

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10. Carrhotus piperus, recently seen in news, belongs to which species?
[A] Fish
[B] Frog
[C] Spider
[D] Lizard

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