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 Angola out of OPEC etc.
1. Who won the women’s singles title at the National Badminton Championships 2023?
(a) Asha Sinha
(b) Aditi Parekh
(c) Anmol Trillion
(d) Tanvi Sharma
2. Who won the title of Chennai Grand Masters 2023?
(a) Dommaraju Gukesh
(b) Vidit Gujarati
(c) Arjun Erigaceae
(d) R. Praggnananda
3. Who has Techno Smartphone recently appointed as its brand ambassador?
(a) Alia Bhatt
(b) Deepika Padukone
(c) Ranbir Kapoor
(d) Virat Kohli
4. How many dollars has the World Bank recently provided assistance to Ukraine?
(a) 1.11 billion
(b) 1.34 billion
(c) 1.50 billion
(d) 2.00 billion
5. In which state was the intra-district helicopter service inaugurated recently?
(a) Bihar
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Assam
6. A special postal cover will be released on late Justice Madhava Reddy, who was the former Governor of which state?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Bihar
7. Which country has decided to withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
(a) Angola
(b) Iran
(c) Russia
(d) Iraq
Answer:-
1. (b) Aditi Parekh
Anmol Kharb won the women’s singles title in the National Badminton Championship 2023 held in Guwahati. Unseeded Chirag Sen won the men’s singles title by defeating fourth seed Tharun M. Priya Devi Konzengbam and Shruti Mishra won the women’s doubles title.
2. (a) Dommaraju Gukesh
Dommaraju Gukesh won the title of Chennai Grand Masters 2023. Arjun Erigaisi secured second place in this tournament. Both Arjun and Gukesh scored 4.5 out of 7 in the competition. Gukesh won this tournament on tie-break. Before this, R. Praggnanandhaa had qualified for the Candidates by finishing second in the FIDE World Cup 2023 held in Baku, Azerbaijan this year.
3. (b) Deepika Padukone
Premium global smartphone brand TECNO has appointed Indian superstar Deepika Padukone as its brand ambassador. This step has been taken keeping in mind the needs of consumers and to provide innovation. Techno Mobile is a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China. It was established in 2006. Techno Mobile operates in more than 70 countries.
4. (b) 1.34 billion
The World Bank has recently provided assistance of $ 1.34 billion to Ukraine under public expenditure. The financing includes a $1.086 billion loan from the World Bank, $190 million from Norway, $50 million from the United States, and $20 million from Switzerland.
5. (b) Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the state’s first intra-district helicopter service from Bateshwar in Agra to Govardhan in Mathura. The Chief Minister was in Bateshwar to celebrate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Chief Minister Yogi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated various projects costing Rs 10451.43 lakh.
6. (b) Maharashtra
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will release a special postal cover on December 27 to mark the 100th birth anniversary of late Justice Konda Madhav Reddy, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and Mumbai High Courts and former Governor of Maharashtra. The event, organized by Justice Konda Madhava Reddy Foundation, was presided over by Governor D. Tamilisai Sundararajan will do it.
7. (a) Angola
The south-western African country Angola has decided to withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with effect from January 1, 2024. Angola became a member of OPEC in 2007. Earlier, Ecuador in 2020 and Qatar in 2019 had left this organization. OPEC, an organization of permanent petroleum exporting countries, was established in Baghdad in 1960. Its headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.
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