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  1. Why did India not sign the global renewable energy pledge at the
    COP28 summit recently?
    [A] Development concerns
    [B] Lack of resources
    [C] Political disagreement
    [D] Technological limitations
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Development concerns

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  1. Which city is the host of the World Climate Action Summit 2023?
  2. Which city is the host of 8th India Water Impact Summit (IWIS)?
  3. Which country hosted the ‘Voice of the Global South Summit’ (VOGSS) recently?
  4. Which city hosted the Joint summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)?
  5. Which country hosted the two-day summit of European space ministers, dubbed as ‘Space Summit?
  6. Which countries are the hosts of Al Safety Summit in 2024?
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  1. Dubai
  2. New Delhi
  3. India
  4. Riyadh
  5. Spain
  6. South Korea and France
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  1. Falkland camp, that was recently making news, is located in which state of North East India?
    [A] Manipur
    [B] Sikkim
    [C] Mizoram
    [D] Assam
A

Mizoram

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  1. De Winton’s golden mole, presumed extinct since 1936, has been recently rediscovered in which country?
  2. Which country recently decided to deploy Shadow R1 drones as surveillance aircrafts over Israel and Gaza?
  3. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has been extended till which year recently?
  4. Henry Kissinger, considered the most dominant American statesman of the Cold War period and who recently passed away was former _
  5. What name has been given to the moon of asteroid named Dinkinesh discovered recently by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft?
  6. Mahe, Malvan and Mangrol are the names of which products recently launched?
A
  1. South Africa
  2. UK
  3. 2028
  4. Secretary to State of US
  5. Selam
  6. Anti Submarine Warships
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  1. SWIS and STEPS instruments are related to which mission of ISRO?
    [A] Aditya L1
    [B] Chandrayaan
    [C] Gaganyaan
    [D] Mars Orbiter Mission
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Aditya L1

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  1. Which space organisation, has announced its plan to launch its first X-
    ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)?
  2. ‘AstroSat’ is a space telescope launched by which country?
  3. Ariane 6 rocket was developed by which space agency?
  4. When is the National Space Day celebrated in India?
  5. Kulasekarapattinam, associated with ISRO’s second spaceport, is located in which state?
  6. Which country’s space agency launched the ‘Osiris-Rex spacecraft?
A
  1. ISRO
  2. India
  3. European Space Agency
  4. August 23
  5. Tamil Nadu
  6. NASA
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  1. Lula da Silva, who is seeking OPEC+ membership for his country, is the President of _
    [A] Argentina
    [B] Brazil
    [C] New Zealand
    [D] Sri Lanka
A

Brazil

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  1. Which Asian country announced visa-free entry for citizens of China and India for 30 days?
  2. Which country confirmed the first human case of a swine flu strain - influenza A(H1N2)v?
  3. Angkor Wat, which was seen in the news, is located in which country?
  4. Wolf Amendment, which was seen in the news, is associated with which country?
  5. Which country signed MoU with Pakistan to invest around USD 20
    billion in the country?
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  1. Malaysia
  2. UK
  3. Cambodia
  4. USA
  5. UAE
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  1. Indian activist Safeena Hussain, who has been awarded the prestigious $500,000 WISE Prize recently, has been awarded for her work related to _:
    [A] Girls’ education
    [B] Environment
    [C] Poverty
    [D] Women empowerment
A

Girl’s Education

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  1. Which actor was conferred with ‘Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema’ at the IFFI festival?
  2. Which Indian actor was conferred the 53rd Dada Saheb Phalke Award in
    2023?
  3. Who has been conferred with the first ever ‘Udyog Ratna’ award instituted by Maharashtra?
  4. Who has been conferred the Lokmanya Tilak National Award in 2023?
  5. Who was conferred with the ‘Points of Light honour’ by the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak?
  6. Which famous personality has been conferred the prestigious German peace prize?
A
  1. Madhuri Dixit
  2. Waheeda Rehman
  3. Ratan Tata
  4. Narendra Modi
  5. Rajinder Singh Dhatt
  6. Salman Rushdie
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  1. Which country is recently re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council with the highest tally?
    [A] India
    [B] Russia
    [C] USA
    [D] Japan
A

India

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  1. Which Indian has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the UN Panel of
    Auditors?
  2. Joseph Boakai has been elected as the President of which country?
  3. Pedro Sánchez was re-elected as the Prime Minster of which country?
  4. Daniel Noboa has been elected as the President of which country?
  5. Christopher Luxon has been elected as the Prime Minister of which country?
  6. ‘Mohamed Muizzu’ was elected as the President of which country?
A
  1. Girish Chandra Murmu
  2. Liberia
  3. Spain
  4. Ecuador
  5. New Zealand
  6. Maldives
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  1. As per the report by the Environment ministry and UNDP, India has phased out which ozone depleting chemical?
    [A] HCFC 141b
    [B] CCI3F
    [C] Halon 1211
    [D] CFC-112
A

HCFC 141b

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  1. Which institution releases the ‘Production Gap report?
  2. ‘The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA)’ is the flagship report of which institution?
  3. Which institution released the ‘2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report?
  4. Which institutions released ‘Hunger Hotspots Outlook Report’?
  5. ‘State of Climate Services’ is an annual report released by which institution?
  6. Which institution released the ‘2023 Adaptation Gap Report’?
A
  1. UNEP
  2. FAO
  3. UNDP
  4. FAO + World Food Program
  5. World Meteorological Organisation
  6. UNEP
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  1. Which space organisation, has announced its plan to launch its first X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)?
    [A] ISRO
    [B] NASA
    [C] JASA
    [D] ESA
A

ISRO

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  1. Which country launched “Malligyong-1” spy satellite?
  2. Which is the first organisation to be granted authorisation to launch commercial satellite broadband services in the country?
  3. ‘NISAR’ is the collaborative earth-observing radar satellite between_?
  4. Which company launched India’s inaugural satellite-based gigabit broadband service?
  5. Which institution launched ‘Noor 3 imaging satellite’ into orbit?
  6. Which country has successfully launched its first communications satellite named ‘Lingxi-03’?
A
  1. North Korea
  2. One Web India
  3. NASA and ISRO
  4. Reliance Jio Infocomm
  5. Iran
  6. China
17
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  1. Where was the 5th edition of Global Ayurveda Festival held in
    2023?
    [A] Chennai
    [B] Mathura
    [C] Thiruvananthapuram
    [D] Varanasi
A

Thiruvananthapuram

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  1. Which state is the host of 11th edition of International Tourism Mart?
  2. Which country hosted the 7th edition of Joint Military ‘Exercise KAZIND-2023’?
  3. Which country hosted the 3rd Edition of North East India Festival?
  4. Which country hosted the 7th Edition of Future Investment Initiative (FIl)
    in 2023?
  5. The 2023 edition of CHAKRAVAT 2023 exercise is being hosted by the Indian Navy at which state/UT?
  6. 16th edition of international cyber security and policing conference cOcOn, was hosted by which state?
A
  1. Meghalaya
  2. Kazakhstan
  3. Vietnam
  4. Saudi Arabia
  5. Goa
  6. Kerala
19
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  1. Cab aggregator Uber announced the launch of its global flagship electric vehicle service Uber Green in which city?
    [A] New Delhi
    [B] Bengaluru
    [C] Chennai
    [D] Cochin
20
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  1. As per the recently announced roadmap by which year, there will be a mandatory 5% blending of compressed biogas (CBG) in city gas distribution (CGD)?
  2. Waters near which city are venue of biggest ever multilateral exercise
    Milan-2024 of Indian Navy?
  3. The AIFF-FIFA Talent Academy was inaugurated in which Indian city?
  4. Which Indian city launched ‘Safe City Command Centre’ to curb crimes against women?
  5. South India’s first biobank has been launched in which city?
A
  1. 2029
  2. Visakhapatnam
  3. Bhubaneswar
  4. Bengaluru
  5. Hyderabad
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  1. Which film received the Special Jury or Silver Peacock Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India?
  2. Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon, who were seen in the news, is associated with which sports?
  3. Who has been appointed as the Head Coach of Indian cricket team by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
  4. Which country recently hiked its military spending to 30% of fiscal expenditure?
  5. PM JANMAN scheme, which was launched recently, is associated with which category of people?
A
  1. Kantara
  2. Shooting
  3. Rahul Dravid
  4. Russia
  5. PVTGs

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