Daily Current Affairs Quiz: February 23 2024

1. Where is the naval exercise ‘Milan’ 2024 being organised?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Cuttack
(C) Visakhapatnam
(D) Chennai
(E) Puducherry

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Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will officially inaugurate the 12th edition of MILAN 2024, a major naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam.
On this occasion, he will also inaugurate Milan Village at Eastern Naval Command Base.
The city of Visakhapatnam is all set for the official launch of MILAN 2024, the largest multinational naval exercise of the Indian Navy.

2. Union Minister Ashini Vaishnav has been elected Rajya Sabha member from which state?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Assam
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Odisha
(E) Bihar

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Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Union minister Ashwini Vaishnav and ruling BJD’s Debashish Samantre and Subhashish Khuntia were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha.
Elections are to be held on 27 February for 56 seats of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament.
Meanwhile, leaders have been elected unopposed on 41 out of 56 seats.
The leaders elected unopposed include former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, BJP President JP Nadda etc.

3. Which country has recently become the new member of the International Solar Alliance?
(A) Malta
(B) Chile
(C) Albania
(D) Qatar
(E) Monaco

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Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
The central Mediterranean country Malta has recently become a new member of the International Solar Alliance.
India has welcomed Malta as the 119th country to join the International Solar Alliance.
Christopher Cutajar, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malta signed the ISA Framework Agreement in New Delhi.
ISA was established in the year 2015, its headquarters is in Gurugram, India.

4. How many total medals did India win in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships?
(A) 04
(B) 05
(C) 06
(D) 07
(E) 08

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Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
India won a total of four medals including three gold and one silver medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championship held in Tehran.
A total of 13 Indian athletes participated in the eleventh edition of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024, which included six female and seven male players.

5. Where has the India’s first Skill India Center inaugurated?
(A) Patna
(B) Sambalpur
(C) Bhubaneswar
(D) Chennai
(E) Cuttack

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Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the country’s first Skill India Center (SIC) in Sambalpur, Odisha.
After this program, the upcoming Skill India Center in Odisha is to be inaugurated in Angul, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Talcher, and Deogarh.
Skill India or the National Skills Development Mission of India is a campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is managed by the National Skills Development Corporation of India.
Skill India campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015 to train over 30 crore people in India in different skills by 2022.

6. In which country is the multinational military exercise ‘Shanti Prayas IV’ being organized?
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Pakistan
(E) Saudi Arabia

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Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The multinational military exercise ‘Shanti Prayas IV’ is being organized in Nepal.
19 countries including India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are participating in this exercise.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” inaugurated this two-week-long military exercise.
It will see the participation of 1,125 army personnel from 19 countries, including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

7. India has contributed how much to the Poverty and Hunger Alleviation Fund?
(A) $04 million
(B) $03 million
(C) $05 million
(D) $01 million
(E) $02 million

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Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
India has contributed 01 million US Dollars to the Poverty and Hunger Alleviation Fund established by India, Brazil, and South Africa, IBSA
The fund is aimed at alleviating poverty and hunger.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj handed over the cheque to the Director of the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) Dima Al-Khatib.

8. Who has been awarded by the Scientific Research for the year 2023?
(A) Ritu Karidhal
(B) Gagandeep Kang
(C) Aditi Sen De
(D) Tessy Thomas
(E) Vidita Vaidya

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Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Prof. Aditi Sen De has been awarded for Scientific Research for the year 2023.
The award, established in 1991, recognizes exceptional scientific research conducted by Indian scientists below the age of 50.
Prof. Aditi Sen De, a distinguished physicist from the Harish-Chandra Research Institute in Prayagraj, has been honored for her outstanding contributions to the field of Physics.

9. Who was conferred with France’s highest civilian honor in February 2024?
(A) Sunanda Pushkar
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Mahua Moitra
(D) Christa Giles
(E) Mallikarjun Kharge

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Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Shashi Tharoor was conferred France’s highest civilian honor “Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur” at a ceremony.
The French government announced the award for Tharoor, a former Union minister, in August 2022.
Author of several books and a Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Tharoor was conferred the prestigious award at the French Embassy by French Senate President Gerard Larcher.

10. Which state’s statehood day has been observed on 20th February 2024?
(A) Tripura
(B) Mizoram
(C) Bihar
(D) Gujarat
(E) Jharkhand

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Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Mizoram Statehood Day has been observed on 20th February.
Mizoram was previously part of Assam until 1972 when it was carved out as a Union Territory.
In 1986, the Indian Parliament adopted the 53rd Amendment Act, which created the State of Mizoram on 20 February 1987, as India’s 23rd state.
Capital: Aizwal
Districts: 11
Governor: Kambhampati Hari Babu
Chief minister: Lalduhoma
Legal jurisdiction: Gauhati High Court