Current Affairs for UPSC: Jagran Josh presents Daily Current Affairs Quiz for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams. In today’s session, get briefings about the important topics given in Q&A formats such as National Youth Parliament Festival, 2024 etc.
1. Which Union Minister launched NITI Aayog’s platform ‘Niti for States’?
(a) Amit Shah
(b) Rajnath Singh
(c) Ashwini Vaishnav
(d) Anurag Thakur
2. Who has become the 14th player to play 100 test matches for India?
(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin
(d) Ravindra Jadeja
3. Which country has recently devalued its currency?
(a) Iraq
(b) Pakistan
(c) Egypt
(d) Bhutan
4. With whom has NPCI joined hands for cooperation in the field of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence?
(a) IIT Mumbai
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IISc, Bangalore
(d) IIT Varanasi
5. Who won the first prize in the National Youth Parliament Festival, 2024?
(a) Vaishna Pichai
(b) Yatin Bhaskar Duggal
(c) Kanishka Sharma
(d) None of these
6. On which island of Lakshadweep has the Indian Navy established its new base?
(a) Minicoy Island
(b) Kavaratti
(c) Agatti Island
(d) Chetlat Island
7. With whose collaboration has NITI Aayog launched ‘Frontier Technology Labs’?
(a) Meta
(b) Google
(c) Microsoft
(d) Infosys
Answer:-
- (c) Ashwini Vaishnav
Communications, Railways and Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav launched government think tank NITI Aayog’s platform ‘NITI For States’, a digital public infrastructure. Along with this, he also inaugurated ‘Viksit Bharat Strategy Room’ in NITI Aayog.
2. (c) Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin became the 14th player to play 100 test matches for India. He achieved this feat during the fifth Test against England at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. Ashwin, who made his Test debut against West Indies in New Delhi in 2011, has also become the first player from Tamil Nadu to play 100 Test matches. Apart from Ravichandran Ashwin, England’s Jonny Bairstow is also playing his 100th Test match for England.
3. (c) Egypt
Egypt has devalued its currency for the fourth time since the beginning of 2022, after a huge interest rate hike by the central bank. Egypt has devalued its currency by more than 35%. Egypt is a country connecting North-East Africa with the Middle East. Its capital is Cairo and its currency is the Egyptian pound.
4. (c) IISc, Bangalore
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday entered into an agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore to conduct joint research on blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Under this, focus will be on scalable blockchain platform and multi-modal analytics.
5. (b) Yatin Bhaskar Duggal
In the National Youth Parliament Mahotsav, 2024, Yatin Bhaskar Duggal of Haryana won the first prize, while Vaishna Pichai of Tamil Nadu won the second prize and Kanishka Sharma of Rajasthan won the third prize. 87 state-level winners gathered in New Delhi for the finals of the Youth Parliament.
6. (a) Minicoy Island
Indian Navy has established its new base “INS Jatayu” in Minicoy Island of Lakshadweep with an aim to enhance its operational capabilities in the Indian Ocean region. Earlier, the Navy had established INS ‘Dweeprakshak’ at Kavaratti, Lakshadweep. Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar inaugurated the second naval base in Lakshadweep.
7. (a) Meta
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog in collaboration with META has launched Frontier Technology Labs (FTL). Its objective is to empower the youth to innovate. So far, AIM has established 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in schools in 722 districts of India.
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