Current Affairs for UPSC: Pariksha Saarathi presents only need to know Current Affairs in Quiz format, for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams such as UPSC, BANKS, SSC & Railways
Q.1) Who set an Olympic record in the men’s javelin throw at the Paris Olympics?
(a) Neeraj Chopra
(b) Andreas Thorkildsen
(c) Johannes Vetter
(d) Arshad Nadeem
Q.2) Which team did the Indian Hockey team defeat to win the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics?
(a) Germany
(b) Spain
(c) Australia
(d) Netherlands
Q.3) Budhadev Bhattacharya, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state?
(a) Assam
(b) Sikkim
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q.4) RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged for the ninth consecutive time, what is the repo rate at present?
(a) 6.25%
(a) 6.50%
(d) 6.75%
(d) 7.00%
Q.5) Recently, who has been conferred with Fiji’s highest civilian award ‘Companion of the Order of Fiji’?
(a) Droupadi Murmu
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) S. Jaishankar
(d) Amit Shah
Answers:
Ans.1(d), Arshad Nadeem set an Olympic record in the men’s javelin throw with a throw of 92.97m, he won the Gold medal and Neeraj Chopra won Silver in the event.
Ans.2(b), The Indian Hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 to win the bronze medal.
Ans.3(c), Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. He was the last Marxist Chief Minister and assumed the post after Jyoti Basu.
Ans.4(b), The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has maintained the repo rate at 6.5% for the ninth consecutive time. Also, the central bank has kept the key interest rate unchanged. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das revealed the decision after the three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting.
Ans.5(a), During her first official visit to Fiji from August 5 to 7, 2024, President Droupadi Murmu was honored with Fiji’s highest civilian award, the Companion of the Order of Fiji. She is the first Indian President to visit Fiji, where she met with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and President Ratu William Maivalili Katonivere. The Fiji government also allocated land for a 100-bed Super Speciality Hospital, supported by India.