1. Who has inaugurated the 7th Edition of the Indian Mobile Congress in New Delhi?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Droupadi Murmu
(C) Amit Shah
(D) S Jaishankar
(E) Nitin Gadkari
Solution: option A.)
Ans (A)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 7th Edition of the Indian Mobile Congress 2023 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
During the program, he will award 100 5G Use Case Labs to educational institutions across the country.
These labs are being developed under the 100 5G labs initiative.
2. Who has won Gold in archery at the Asian Para Games 2023?
(A) Cherukuri Lenin
(B) Shyam Lal Meena
(C) Rakesh Kumar
(D) Gagandeep Kaur
(E) Satyadev Prasad
Solution: Option C)
Ans (C)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar for clinching a gold medal in archery at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games.
Sheetal Devi, 16, won 3 medals, including 2 Golds in the Asian Para Games.
16-year-old Sheetal Devi used her legs to aim and shoot the arrow.
Rakesh Kumar is from Jammu, the lone survivor of a road accident that gave him a permanent wheelchair.
3. Who has won Silver in women’s 200m – T12 at Asian Para Games 2023?
(A) Divya Dhayal
(B) Nisha Rani Dutta
(C) Simran Vats
(D) Gagandeep Kaur
(E) Deepika Kumari
Solution: option C.)
Ans (C)
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, congratulated Simran Vats for clinching a silver medal in the women’s 200m – T12 event at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games.
Simran clocked timings of 26.12 seconds to finish the race.
She finished behind Iran’s Hagar Safarzadeh Ghahderijani, who clocked the timings of 25.87 seconds.
The bronze medal went to China’s Yaqin Shen.
4. The Indian Army has celebrated Shaurya Diwas recently on which day of October?
(A) 26 October
(B) 27 October
(C) 28 October
(D) 29 October
(E) 30 October
Solution: option B.)
Ans (B)
The army on 27th October celebrated the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ to mark the 76th year of the landing of forces in Kashmir which ensured the first civil-military victory of Independent India.
The Indian Army troops landed at the Budgam Airport to evict Pakistani forces from Jammu and Kashmir, a day after the Instrument of Accession was signed between Maharaja Hari Singh and the Republic of India.
5. Where has the EU and India have conducted Joint Maritime Exercise?
(A) Gulf of Guinea
(B) Sargasso Sea
(C) Arabian Sea
(D) Sea of Marmara
(E) Atlantic Ocean
Solution: option A.)
Ans (A)
EU and India conduct Joint Maritime Exercise in Gulf of Guinea.
The exercise followed the third meeting of the EU-India Maritime Security Dialogue on 5 Oct 23 in Brussels.
During the exercise, Indian Navy’s INS Sumedha, an Offshore Patrol Vessel, was joined by three EU Member States ships in the Gulf of Guinea.
The navies practiced a series of tactical maneuvers in international waters, including a boarding and a flying exercise using helicopters.
6. Which actress will receive the “Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres” award from the Consul General of France?
(A) Huma Qureshi
(B) Vishakha Singh
(C) Priya Anand
(D) Richa Chadha
(E) Sapna Pabbi
Solution: option D.)
Ans (D)
Actor Richa Chadha will be awarded the title of ‘Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ from the French government for her significant contributions in the field of arts.
The actor’s 2015 critically-acclaimed film, “Masaan” was an Indo-French co-production that was screened in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the Cannes Film Festival the same year and had won two awards.
7. The 6th Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Subordinate Officers’ Conclave has been organised in which city?
(A) Mumbai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bangalore
(D) Gurugram
(E) Kochi
Solution: option B.)
Ans (B)
The 6th Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Subordinate Officers’ Conclave was organized in New Delhi on October 26 & 27, 2023.
The theme of the conclave was ‘Towards an Inclusive Approach’.
It comprised various brainstorming sessions and lectures on a variety of subjects including IT, health, HR, leadership, and media sensitization.
8. Politician ‘Li Keqiang’ has passed away, he was the former Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Thailand
(C) Japan
(D) China
(E) Taiwan
Solution: option D)
Ans (D)
Li Keqiang, former Prime Minister of India’s neighboring country China, died at the age of 68.
Keqiang served as the Prime Minister of China from 2013 to 2023.
He was the leader of the ruling Communist Party of China.
9. The Union Cabinet has approved the Jamrani Dam Project, it belongs to which state?
(A) Bihar
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Rajasthan
(E) Uttar Pradesh
Solution: option C.)
Ans (C)
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the “Jamrani Dam Project” of Uttarakhand.
The construction of this project will solve the problem of drinking water and irrigation in Haldwani and surrounding areas.
Jamrani Dam Project will be constructed on the ‘Gola’ river, 10 km upstream from Kathgodam in Nainital.
10. In which state did Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launch 124 PM-Shri schools?
(A) Haryana
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Madhya Pradesh
(E) Punjab
Solution: option A.)
Ans (A)
Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, launched 124 PM-Shri schools in the state.
These schools have been designed with smart classrooms and information and communication technology (ICT) laboratories.
PM-Shri School Scheme is a central government scheme.