Daily Current Affairs Quiz: November 24 2023

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Lakshmi Ramakrishna Srinivas, one of the pioneers in the field of banking, has been appointed as Additional Director of South Indian Bank.
She has been appointed as a non-executive independent director of the bank for a period of three years from November 20, 2023.
Lakshmi has 38 years of experience in the banking sector.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Noted Malayalam novelist and short story writer P Valsala passes away at the age of 85.
She was known as the narrator Thirunelli, as several of her works depicted the life of the tribals in the Wayanad district.
Valsala also served as the President of the Kerala Sahitya Academy.
She was conferred several awards including the Ezuthachchan Puraskaram and the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023 kick starts at the Kota Kasablanka Mall, a prominent shopping destination in South Jakarta, Indonesia on 22nd November 2023.
Aim of this festival is to raise awareness and create a market for millets and millets-based products among the ASEAN Member states.
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is leading a delegation from India.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has emerged as numero uno on IMDb’s top 10 list of most popular Indian stars of 2023.
Alia Bhatt, who claimed the second spot on the list for the second year in a row, had a major success in “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani” and made her Hollywood debut opposite Gal Gadot in Netflix movie “Heart of Stone”.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly was named the Brand Ambassador of West Bengal by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the opening day of the seventh global business summit in Kolkata.
Sourav Ganguly is the former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the primary administrative body for the sport in the country.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The Indian Armed Forces contingent comprising of 81 personnel departed for Australia to take part in the second edition of Joint Military Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23.
The exercise will be conducted at Perth, Australia from 22nd November to 06th December 2023.
Exercise AUSTRAHIND was instituted in 2022 and the first edition was conducted in Mahajan, Rajasthan.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
The United Arab Emirates has inaugurated the world’s largest single-site solar power plant ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).
The 2-gigawatt Al Dhafra Solar Photovoltaic Independent Power Project (IPP) is located 35 kilometres from Abu Dhabi city and will generate enough electricity to power almost 200,000 homes.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2024 will now be organized in South Africa instead of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan cricket was recently suspended by the ICC after which this decision was taken.
Its last event was held in West Indies in 2022 where India won the title for the fifth time.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
President Draupadi Murmu has launched the National Education Campaign titled “New Education for New India” in Odisha.
It is being organized by Brahma Kumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya, Sambalpur.
On this occasion, he said that the new National Education Policy will play an important role in building a new India.
New National Education Policy will play an important role in building a New India.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Saffron, from Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry.
This type of saffron is cultivated and harvested in high altitude areas.
The famous most expensive variety of saffron is known as ‘Kumkum’.
It is the main cash crop of Kishtwar district.