Current Affairs 23 August 2024 Today-Daily GK Update

(A) Bronze

(B) Silver

(C) Gold

(D) None

Ans- (A) Bronze

(Q2) In which weight category did Sainath Pardhi win the bronze medal in the U17 World Wrestling Championship?

(A) 56 kg

(B) 55 kg

(C) 57 kg

(D) 58 kg

Ans- (C) 57 kg

(Q3) In the U17 World Wrestling Championship, which country’s Yerasi Musan did India’s Sainath Pardhi defeat to win the bronze medal?

(A) Afghanistan

(B) Kazakhstan

(C) Pakistan

(D) Turkey

Ans- (B) Kazakhstan

(Q4) Sainath Pardhi, who won the bronze medal in the U17 World Wrestling Championship, is related to which district in Maharashtra?

(A) Thane

(B) Nashik

(C) Nandurbar

(D) Palghar

Ans- (D) Palghar

(Q5) When is the first National Space Day being celebrated?

(A) 24th August

(B) 21st August

(C) 23rd August

(D) 22nd August

Ans- (C) 23rd August

(Q6) Who among the following has been honored with the highest science award in the country, the “Vigyan Ratna”?

(A) S. Somanath

(B) Govindarajan Padmanabhan

(C) Anil Kakodkar

(D) Rahul Kakde

Ans- (B) Govindarajan Padmanabhan

(Q7) The team of scientists and engineers working on which mission has been honored with the Science Team Award by the President?

(A) Chandrayaan-3

(B) Aditya-L1

(C) Gaganyaan

(D) Chandrayaan-1

Ans- (A) Chandrayaan-3

(Q8) A 2492-carat diamond has been extracted from a mine in Botswana. It is the world’s which largest natural diamond?

(A) 1st

(B) 3rd

(C) 4th

(D) 2nd

Ans- (D) 2nd

(Q9) Botswana is the world’s which largest diamond-producing country?

(A) First

(B) Second

(C) Third

(D) Fourth

Ans- (B) Second

(Q10) Who has been announced as the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year for 2024?

(A) Virat Kohli

(B) Jos Buttler

(C) Mitchell Starc

(D) Rohit Sharma

Ans- (D) Rohit Sharma

(Q11) Who has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards ceremony?

(A) Gautam Gambhir

(B) Virender Sehwag

(C) Rahul Dravid

(D) Yuvraj Singh

Ans- (C) Rahul Dravid

(Q12) According to the Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA), what is the projected GDP growth rate for the country in the financial year 2024-25?

(A) 6.8%

(B) 7.3%

(C) 6.5%

(D) 7.1%

Ans- (A) 6.8%

(Q13) Who launched the DRIPS (Disaster Resilient Infrastructure of Power Sector) portal?

(A) Anurag Thakur

(B) Shivraj Singh Chouhan

(C) Nitin Gadkari

(D) Manohar Lal Khattar

Ans- (D) Manohar Lal Khattar

(Q14) Where is the Khelo India Asmita Yogasana League 2024 (East Zone) being organized?

(A) Mumbai

(B) Patna

(C) Chennai

(D) Hyderabad

Ans- (B) Patna

(Q15) Who has won the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year (Women) award?

(A) Smriti Mandhana

(B) Ellyse Perry

(C) Shafali Verma

(D) Harmanpreet Kaur

Ans- (A) Smriti Mandhana

(Q16) Which airport has won the Best Airport award at the India Travel Awards?

(A) Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi

(B) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai

(C) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad

(D) Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru

Ans- (C) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad

(Q17) Which state has become the first in the country to create a Gross Environmental Product (GEP) index?

(A) Himachal Pradesh

(B) Uttarakhand

(C) Haryana

(D) Rajasthan

Ans- (B) Uttarakhand

(Q18) Who has been announced as the recipient of the Madhya Pradesh government’s 2023 Lata Mangeshkar Award?

(A) Kumar Sanu

(B) Udit Narayan

(C) K. S. Chithra

(D) Alka Yagnik

Ans- (C) K. S. Chithra

(Q19) Who has received an A+ rating in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024?

(A) Shaktikanta Das

(B) Urjit Patel

(C) Raghuram Rajan

(D) Arvind Subramanian

Ans- (A) Shaktikanta Das

(Q20) Where was the 19th CII India-Africa Business Forum held?

(A) Kolkata

(B) Hyderabad

(C) Pune

(D) New Delhi

Ans- (D) New Delhi