5 November 2024 Current Affairs MCQS

1. Recently, how many games have been removed from the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow in 2026?
    (A) 3
    (B) 5
    (C) 7
    (D) 9

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(D) Recently, badminton, shooting, cricket, hockey, squash, table tennis, wrestling, triathlon, and archery have been excluded from the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow in 2026. It was decided to remove these major sports due to lack of budget. There will be only 10 events in the Glasgow Commonwealth, and it will be held from 23 July to 2 August 2026.

2. Who has recently been awarded the 2024 Global Anti-Racism Championship Award?
    (A) Raghuparit Bhatt
    (B) Kalkesh Singh
    (C) Alok Verma
    (D) Urmila Chaudhary

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(D) Recently, a prominent social activist of Nepal, economist Chaudhary, has been awarded the prestigious Global Anti-Racism Championship Award 2024. This has been conferred on him by Assistant DC by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. During this, a ceremony was organized by the State Department. Economist Chaudhary was ethnically and socially marginalized.

3. Who has recently launched the new logo of BSNL?
    (A) Amit Shah
    (B) Jyotiraditya Scindia
    (C) Piyush Goyal
    (D) None of these

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(B) Recently, Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia launched the new logo of BSNL and seven customer-centric services. Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia officially launched the new logo of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and seven new customer-centric services.

4. Who will host the 16th edition of Golf Women’s Indian Open 2024 recently?
    (A) Gurugram
    (B) Mumbai
    (C) New Delhi
    (D) Chennai

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(A) Recently in golf, India will host the 16th edition of the Women’s Indian Open in Gurugram, Haryana. 114 players from 31 countries will participate in it, which includes 27 Indian players. Indian stars like Hitashi Bakshi, Vaani Kapoor, Gaurika Bishnoi, Amandeep Dral, and Ridhima Dilawari will be in focus. India’s Diksha Dagar and Gaurika Bishnoi will participate in the tournament, who finished third and eighth respectively in the 2023 edition.

5. Recently, heli ambulance service will be started in AIIMS.
    (A) AIIMS Jodhpur
    (B) AIIMS Gorakhpur
    (C) AIIMS Rishikesh
    (D) AIIMS New Delhi

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(C) Recently, AIIMS Rishikesh Heli Ambulance is now going to start All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh Heli Ambulance Service on the lines of 108 ambulance service in Uttarakhand. With the start of this service, the most seriously injured from any area of the state can be quickly taken to AIIMS Rishikesh with the help of heli ambulance. Prof. Meenu Singh said that this will be the country’s first heli ambulance service.

6. Who has been appointed as the first woman CEO of HSBC recently?
    (A) Pam Kor
    (B) Subhashree
    (C) Ranjita Sen
    (D) None of these

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(A) Recently, Pam Kor has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer by HSBC. This appointment of Pam Kor of Indian origin is also special because for the first time in the history of 160 years, HSBC has selected a woman for this. Indians dominate the world, and the command of many big companies is in the hands of people of Indian origin.

7. Recently the Pravasi Parichay 2024 program has been organized in the Indian Embassy of which country?
    (A) Yemen
    (B) Oman
    (C) Israel
    (D) Saudi Arabia

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(D) Recently, the 2024 edition of the Embassy’s flagship diaspora engagement program Pravasi Parichay was inaugurated by the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dr. Suhail Ejaz Khan, in the Embassy Auditorium in Riyadh. The week-long cultural festival kicked off with a specially curated event titled Classical Languages of India aimed at highlighting the rich linguistic diversity of the country.

8. Who has recently won the 24th National Para Swimming Championship?
    (A) Karnataka
    (B) Rajasthan
    (C) New Delhi
    (D) Madhya Pradesh

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(A) Karnataka recently won the 24th National Para Swimming Championship, in which the winner topped the competition by becoming the overall champion with a total of 392 points. In this competition, the scores of the top positions were assessed, in which Maharashtra stood second with 378 points, while Rajasthan stood third with 248 points.

9. Recently Justice Yahya Afridi has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of which country?
    (A) Maldives
    (B) Bangladesh
    (C) Pakistan
    (D) Sri Lanka

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(C) Recently, the three most senior judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan nominated the next Chief Justice in a special parliamentary committee meeting. During this, the committee chose Rata Yahya Afridi as the next Chief Justice. Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar said that the nomination of Republic Afridi has been sent to the Prime Minister with a two-thirds majority.

10. Where was the United Nations Biodiversity Conference held recently?
    (A) Singapore
    (B) Colombia
    (C) Malaysia
    (D) Bhutan

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(B) Recently, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference was held in Colombia, in which environmental leaders from about 200 countries participated. This important gathering is being held with the aim of assessing historical surveys to prevent and reverse the loss of biodiversity. The meeting was held following the Kunming Montreal Global Tribal Diversity Agreement signed by 196 countries, an ambitious agreement to protect the planet’s diverse ecosystems.

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