1.When is World Food Day celebrated every year?
(A) 15 October
(B) 16 October
(C) 17 October
(D) 18 October
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(B) World Food Day is an international day observed every year across the world on 16 October to commemorate the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 1945. The day is also widely observed by many other organisations concerned with hunger and food security, including the World Food Programme, the World Health Organisation, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
2. Recently where will Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate a world class stadium in Uttar Pradesh?
(A) Lucknow
(B) Gorakhpur
(C) Varanasi
(D) None of these
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(C) Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a world-class stadium in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on October 20. This stadium is located in Sigra, Varanasi, which is named after Dr. Sampurnanand, the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Stadium is fully ready; it has been built with world-class facilities in about 15 acres.
3. Recently, which country’s legendary tennis player Rafael Nadal has retired?
(A) Spain
(B) France
(C) Sweden
(D) Germany
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(A) Spain’s star tennis player Rafael Nadal has retired from tennis. Nadal has 22 Grand Slam titles in the men’s singles category. Only Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won more Grand Slams than him. Nadal is among the great tennis players and is considered the king of red gravel. Nadal has won the most Grand Slams in his career at the French Open.
4. Which country has recently signed the Host Country Agreement with the Global Biofuels Alliance?
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) China
(D) India
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(D) Recently, India has signed an agreement with the Global Biofuel Alliance to give a new form to biofuel. Sharing this information, the Ministry of External Affairs said that this step of the Government of India will give more encouragement to biofuel in the country. After signing the host country agreement with the Global Biofuels Alliance, now the secretariat of the Alliance will be officially established in India.
5. Recently Han Kang of which country will get the Nobel Prize for literature?
(A) Singapore
(B) South Korea
(C) America
(D) Japan
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(B) Recently, South Korean writer Han Kang has been announced to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for the year 2024. This honour has been given for her poetic prose. Her books include The Vegetarian, The White Book, Human Acts and Greek Lessons. The Nobel Committee announced this. Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy, announced the award here.
6. What is the position of India in the recently released Global Hunger Index 2024?
(A) 105th
(B) 107th
(C) 110th
(D) 111th
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(A) The 2024 list of the Global Hunger Index has been released. In this year’s list, India is at number 105 out of 127 countries. Last year, it was at 111th place out of 125 countries. And in 2022, it was at 107th place out of 121 countries. That is, this year the situation is slightly better. But still, the score of the Hunger Index is 27.3 which remains serious.
7. Which medal did the Indian men’s team win recently in the Asian Table Tennis Championship?
(A) Gold
(B) Silver
(C) Bronze
(D) None of these
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(C) Recently, the Indian men’s team won the bronze medal for the third consecutive time after losing to Chinese Taipei 0-3 in the semi-finals at the Asian Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. India also won bronze medals in 2021 and 2023. Sharath Kamal lost to Lin Yun Ju 0-3 in the first singles match.
8. Where was the Army Commanders’ Conference 2024 held recently?
(A) Chennai
(B) Gangtok
(C) Kolkata
(D) New Delhi
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(B) Recently, the second Army Commanders’ Conference of the year 2024 began in a different format at a forward military location in Gangtok. Holding the conference of senior commanders at a forward military location underlines the Indian Army’s focus on ground-level realities.
9. Which country has recently cut off all road and rail links with South Korea?
(A) North Korea
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) India
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(A) North Korea’s military recently said it had completely cut off roads and railways linking it to South Korea and helped fortify parts of its side of the border, state media Kasein reported. The announcement comes as tensions near the demarcation line separating the two Koreas have been active and point to an escalation that had been rare in recent years until this year.
10. Recently, Neem Riji Sherpa of which country has become the youngest mountaineer to climb the 14 highest peaks of the world?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Myanmar
(D) Japan
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(C) Recently, 18-year-old Nima Rinzee Sherpa of Nepal has become the youngest mountaineer in the world to conquer all the 14 peaks above 8000 metres in the world. He achieved this feat after hoisting the flag on China’s Shishapangma peak along with his fellow mountaineer Pasang Nuru Sherpa.
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