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 World Hindi Day etc.
1. Who was the chief guest of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit?
(a) Joe Biden
(b) Philippe Nyusi
(c) Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
(d) Draupadi Murmu
2. In which city will the 27th National Youth Festival be organized?
(a) Patna
(b) Varanasi
(c) Nashik
(d) Kolkata
3. Who has been named as the new Prime Minister of France?
(a) Elizabeth Bourne
(b) Gabriel Atal
(c) Sebastien Lecornu
(d) Emmanuel Macron
4. In which country will the new campus of IIT Madras be opened?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(d) Bangladesh
5. Footballer Franz Beckenbauer has passed away, he was a legendary footballer of which country?
(a) France
(b) Portugal
(c) Italy
(d) Germany
6. Who has the Indian fintech ‘PhonePe’ recently appointed as the CEO of its international payments business?
(a) Ajay Bangga
(b) Vikram Sethi
(c) Ritesh Pai
(d) Nikhil Kamat
7. When is World Hindi Day celebrated every year?
(a) 09 January
(b) 10 January
(c) 11 January
(d) 12 January
Answer:-
1. (c) Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar. On this occasion, he expressed confidence that India will be one of the top three economies of the world in the coming years. UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the chief guest of the event.
2. (c) Nashik
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 27th National Youth Festival in Nashik, Maharashtra on January 12 and address the youth of the country. This year, National Youth Day will be celebrated by all the field organizations of the Department of Youth Affairs in districts across India in collaboration with several government departments. 12 January 2024 is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and it is celebrated as National Youth Day.
3. (b) Gabriel Atal
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal as the next Prime Minister of France. Gabriel Attal is currently serving as the Minister of Education. At 34, he is the youngest prime minister in modern French history. He has also left behind Laurent Fabius, who was appointed Prime Minister in 1984 at the age of 37.
4. (a) Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Education Minister Dr. Sushil Premajayantha has said that a new campus of IIT Madras will be started in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The proposal was part of the Budget 2024 presented by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe as Finance Minister. Earlier, IIT-Madras had started its campus in Tanzania in November 2023.
5. (d) Germany
Franz Beckenbauer, one of Germany’s greatest football players, died at the age of 78. He won the European Championship in 1972 and captained the World Cup winning team on home soil in 1974.
6. (c) Ritesh Pai
Indian fintech giant PhonePe has appointed Ritesh Pai as the new CEO of its international payments business. Before this he was working in UK fintech ‘Terapay’. PhonePe has a network of 500 million registered users and 37 million merchants across the country. Bengaluru-based PhonePe was established in the year 2015.
7. (b) 10 January
World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on 10 January all over the world. The purpose of its celebration is to create awareness for the promotion of Hindi and to present it as an international language at the global level. According to the World Language Database, Hindi language is currently spoken by 61 crore people. Year 2006, the then Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had announced to celebrate January 10 as World Hindi Day. National Hindi Day is celebrated every year on 14 September.
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