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) Where will the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) be hosted this year (2024)?
(a) New York
(b) New Delhi
(c) Tokyo
(d) Beijing
Q.2) Which of the following technology areas will be focused on at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) this year?
(a) 5G
(b) 6G
(c) Blockchain
(d) Virtual Reality
Q.3) Who will receive the Best Actor award at the 70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 (given recently)?
(a) Yash
(b) Rajkumar Rao
(c) Rishab Shetty
(d) Vijay Sethupathi
Q.4) Where was the first State Finance Secretaries Conference held which was convened by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Girish Chandra Murmu?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bangalore
(d) Kolkata
Q.5) For which discovery were Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine?
(a) DNA fingerprinting
(b) Discovery of miRNA
(c) Gene editing
(d) Protein synthesis
Q.6) Who won his second gold at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 (shooting)?
(a) Manvi Jain
(b) Divyanshi
(c) Shikha Chaudhary
(d) Mannu Bhakar
Answers:
Ans.1(b), India will host the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) of the International Telecommunication Union in New Delhi from the 14th to the 24th of October. For the first time, this event is being organized in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ans.2(b), The event aims to shape the future of technology standards in areas like 6G, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, big data, cybersecurity, machine-to-machine communications, and quantum technologies.
Ans.3(c), President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday (October 8, 2024) gave away the 70th National Film Awards to the winners in various categories. Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2022. Among the awardees were the Best Feature Film “Aattam (The Play)”, a Malayalam film directed by Anand Ekarshi; Best Non-Feature Film “Ayena (Mirror)”, directed by Siddhant Sarin; Rishab Shetty as Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in “Kantara” (Kannada); and Nithya Menen for her portrayal in “Thiruchitrambalam” (Tamil) and Manasi Parekh for “Kutch Express” (Gujarati) jointly as Best Actress in a Leading Role. The Best Direction award went to Sooraj R. Barjatya for Hindi film “Uunchai”.
Ans.4(b), The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, convened the first State Finance Secretaries Conference in New Delhi.
Ans.5(b), The 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. He was honored for the discovery of microRNA (miRNA) and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Ans.6(b), Indian shooter Divyanshi won her second individual gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship 2024 being held in Paris. India topped the medal tally with 21 medals including 13 gold, followed by Norway with 10 medals.