Daily Current Affairs Quiz: February 8 2024

1. India Energy Week 2024 is being organized in which state?
(A) Haryana
(B) Goa
(C) Bihar
(D) Punjab
(E) Kerala

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Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India Energy Week 2024 in Goa, which is an important milestone in the country’s commitment to advance the energy sector.
India Energy Week 2024 is being organized to reduce carbon footprint and promote green energy sources.
More than 35,000 people, including more than 4,000 delegates from more than 100 countries, are participating in this event.

2. Where has the foundation stone of the ‘India’s First Digital National Museum of Epigraphy’ laid?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Patna
(C) Varanasi
(D) Jaipur
(E) Kolkata

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Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone of the country’s first Digital National Museum of Epigraphy at the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad.
It is being established by the Archaeological Survey of India.
About one lakh ancient inscriptions of different languages and periods will be kept in it.

3. Who inaugurated the two-day ‘Ullas Mela’ at National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi?
(A) S Jaishankar
(B) Anurag Thakur
(C) Dharmendra Pradhan
(D) Piyush Goyal
(E) Jyotiraditya Scindia

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Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the two-day ULLAS Mela at National Bal Bhawan, Delhi.
The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education is organizing this program.
Seven hundred participants from different states and union territories as well as more than 100 people from the Ministry of Education and various organizations are participating in this event.

4. In which city is the first BIMSTEC Aquatics Championship being organized?
(A) Dhaka
(B) Colombo
(C) New Delhi
(D) Kathmandu
(E) Riyadh

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Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
BIMSTEC Aquatics Championships 2024 is being organized in New Delhi. Central Youth Program and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated this championship.
The first BIMSTEC Aquatics Championship is being held from 6 February to 9 February 2024.
BIMSTEC was established in the year 1997.
This group includes 7 countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand).

5. In which state assembly was the Uniform Civil Code Bill introduced recently?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Assam
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Bihar
(E) Uttarakhand

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Solution: Option E.)

Ans (E)
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has presented the Uniform Civil Code in the Assembly.
This bill will now be sent further to the Governor.
After this bill is passed it will become a law. With this, Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country to implement UCC.
The draft of the Uniform Civil Code has been prepared on the basis of the report of Justice Ranjana Desai Committee.

6. The Geological Institute of Israel reveals a new underwater canyon, named Eratosthenes, near which country?
(A) Malta
(B) Greece
(C) Paphos
(D) Cyprus
(E) Bulgaria

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Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
The Geological Institute of Israel reveals a new underwater canyon, named Eratosthenes, near Cyprus, shedding light on ancient geological events dating back 5.5 million years.
The canyon, measuring 10 km in width and 500 m in depth, formed during the Messinian Event.
It was created when the level of the Mediterranean Sea decreased at the same time there was a rise in the salinity of the water.

7. What is the name of the Chief priest of Badrinath Dham who was honored with the Shankar Smriti Award in Kerala?
(A) Kishore Prasad Dimri
(B) Ishwari Prasad Namboodiri
(C) Shrinivash Posti
(D) Bhim Kriparam Semwal
(E) Jaiprakash Uniyal

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Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Chief priest (Rawal) of Badrinath Dham, Uttarakhand, Priest Ishwari Prasad Namboodiri, was honored with the Shankar Smriti Award in Kerala.
Namboodiri’s selection for the Shankar Smriti Award brings pride to the religious community and the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC).
The Shankar Smriti Award is presented annually during the Malliyoor Bhagavat Hamsa Smarana Utsav in Kerala.

8. Who has recently assumed the role of Indian Army vice chief?
(A) Manoj Kumar Katiyar
(B) Ajai Kumar Singh
(C) Upendra Dwivedi
(D) Dhiraj Seth
(E) Manjinder Singh

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Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi to Take Over as Indian Army’s Vice Chief.
Current Northern Army Commander to Swap Positions with Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar, Becoming Udhampur-Based Northern Command’s General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
LG Dwivedi is the Frontrunner for the Position of Army Chief Due to Seniority Upon General Manoj Pande’s Retirement in May 2024.

9. Who has recently joined K R Mangalam University as the Eminent Jurist and Distinguished Professor at The School of Legal Studies?
(A) Ranjan Gogoi
(B) N V Ramana
(C) Uday Umesh Lalit
(D) Bela Trivedi
(E) YV Chandrachud

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Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
KR Mangalam University welcomes UU Lalit, as the Eminent Jurist and Distinguished Professor at The School of Legal Studies
KR Mangalam University secures the 2nd position in Haryana according to the BW Legal World Law School Rankings 2022
He was appointed as the Special Public Prosecutor in the 2G Spectrum case and served two terms on the Supreme Court’s Legal Services Committee.

10. Who has assumed the role of Northern Ireland’s first minister?
(A) Michelle O’Neill
(B) Arlene Foster
(C) Mary Lou McDonald
(D) Gerry Adams
(E) Martin McGuinness

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Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O’Neill makes history by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister
The government’s structure, established by the 1998 Good Friday peace accord, ensures equal power-sharing between British unionists and Irish nationalists.
O’Neill will share power with Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly from the Democratic Unionist Party