Current Affairs Quiz — 23 November 2024
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How many seats did the BJP win in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly in the results declared on 23 November 2024?
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Correct answer: A — 132
ECI party-wise results: BJP 132, the single largest party; The Indian Express and News18 report the same.
Consider the following statements about the Maharashtra Assembly results of 23 November 2024: 1. Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena won 57 seats. 2. Ajit Pawar's NCP won 41 seats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
ECI party-wise results: Shiv Sena 57 and NCP 41; The Indian Express and News18 agree. Both are correct.
Among the Opposition parties in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly results, which party won the most seats?
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Correct answer: B — Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
ECI party-wise results: Shiv Sena (UBT) 20, Congress 16, NCP (SP) 10, Samajwadi Party 2.
In the Maharashtra Assembly results of 23 November 2024, Shiv Sena (UBT), the Congress and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) won how many seats respectively?
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Correct answer: D — 20, 16 and 10
ECI party-wise results: Shiv Sena (UBT) 20, INC 16, NCP (SP) 10; The Indian Express and News18 agree.
How many seats did the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) win in the Jharkhand Assembly results of 23 November 2024?
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Correct answer: B — 34
ECI party-wise results: JMM 34 of 81; The Hindu calls it the JMM's best electoral performance in the State.
In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly results of November 2024, how many seats did the JMM-led INDIA bloc win?
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Correct answer: A — 56
ECI: JMM 34 + INC 16 + RJD 4 + CPI(ML)L 2 = 56; The Hindu and News18 report 56 for the INDIA bloc and 24 for the NDA.
From which Assembly seat did Hemant Soren win in the 2024 Jharkhand election, defeating the BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom by 39,791 votes?
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Correct answer: D — Barhait
The Indian Express (citing the ECI website) and News18: Hemant Soren won Barhait by 39,791 votes, defeating Gamliyel Hembrom.
Consider the following statements about the Jharkhand Assembly results of 23 November 2024: 1. The BJP won 21 seats. 2. The AJSU Party won 3 seats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
ECI party-wise results: BJP 21 and AJSU Party 1. Only statement 1 is correct.
What new feature was added to the National Gopal Ratna Awards from 2024?
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Correct answer: D — A special award for North Eastern Region States in all three categories
PIB (DAHD): from this year the Department incorporated a special award for NER States in all three categories of the National Gopal Ratna Awards.
What is the cash prize for the first rank under the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2024?
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Correct answer: A — ₹5 lakh
PIB (DAHD): the award carries ₹5 lakh for 1st rank, ₹3 lakh for 2nd, ₹2 lakh for 3rd and ₹2 lakh for the NER special award.
Which country co-chaired the LeadIT Summit with India on the sidelines of COP29 in Baku, where LeadIT's first five-year report was launched?
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Correct answer: C — Sweden
PIB (MoEFCC): the summit was co-chaired by India's MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh and Sweden's Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari.
What does 'LeadIT', the group whose summit India co-chaired at COP29, stand for?
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Correct answer: B — Leadership Group for Industry Transition
PIB (MoEFCC): LeadIT is the Leadership Group for Industry Transition; the 2024 summit marked its fifth year.
At an International Solar Alliance session at COP29, what increase in solar adoption by 2050 was called for?
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Correct answer: D — 20-fold
PIB (MoEFCC): the ISA session called for a 20x increase in solar adoption by 2050, aiming to meet over 75% of the world's grid energy needs.
Where did Power Minister Manohar Lal flag off NTPC's green hydrogen buses on 23 November 2024, described as the world's highest-altitude green hydrogen mobility project?
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Correct answer: A — Leh
PIB (Power): the buses were flagged off at Leh; the project is at 3,650 m MSL, the world's highest-altitude green hydrogen mobility project.
How many hydrogen buses are part of NTPC's Green Hydrogen Mobility Project at Leh?
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Correct answer: C — 5
PIB (Power): the project comprises a 1.7 MW solar plant, an 80 kg/day hydrogen filling station and 5 intra-city hydrogen buses.
According to NTPC, how far can each Leh hydrogen bus travel on a single 25 kg fill of hydrogen?
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Correct answer: B — 300 km
PIB (Power): each bus can cover 300 km per single filling of 25 kg of hydrogen.
At NCDC's 91st General Council meeting on 23 November 2024, Amit Shah proposed a five-year plan to raise the funding of which sector to ₹25,000 crore?
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Correct answer: B — Sugar mills
PIB (Cooperation): Amit Shah proposed a comprehensive five-year plan to boost the financial capacity of sugar mills, with a target of increasing their funding to ₹25,000 crore.
Consider the following statements made at NCDC's 91st General Council meeting (23 November 2024): 1. NCDC's disbursement has crossed ₹60,000 crore. 2. NCDC is the implementing agency of the Cooperative Intern scheme. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
PIB (Cooperation): NCDC's disbursement crossed ₹60,000 crore, and the Ministry of Cooperation introduced the Cooperative Intern scheme with NCDC as the implementing agency. Both are correct.
Where was the 64th Convocation of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), presided over by Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on 23 November 2024, held?
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Correct answer: B — AIIMS Jodhpur
PIB (Vice-President's Secretariat): the VP addressed the 64th Convocation of NAMS at AIIMS Jodhpur.
What was the theme of NAMSCON 2024, held with the 64th NAMS Convocation in November 2024?
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Correct answer: C — One-Health: Let us Collaborate to Take Care of our Health
PIB (Vice-President's Secretariat): the 64th Convocation and NAMSCON 2024 had the theme 'One-Health: Let us Collaborate to Take Care of our Health'.
In which year was the National Cadet Corps (NCC), which celebrated its 76th Raising Day on 24 November 2024, raised?
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Correct answer: D — 1948
PIB (Defence): the NCC, the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world, was raised in 1948 and celebrated its 76th raising on 24 November 2024.
According to the Defence Secretary on 23 November 2024, NCC cadet strength would touch what figure in the coming years?
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Correct answer: A — 20 lakh
PIB (Defence): the Defence Secretary said NCC had increased cadet strength by 3 lakh and would touch 20 lakh in the coming years.
Which global toy company joined MeitY's electronic toys project as knowledge partner for the young engineers trained under it?
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Correct answer: C — LEGO Group
PIB (MeitY): to provide global exposure to the interns, the LEGO Group joined as a knowledge partner.
How many young engineers were in the first batch trained under MeitY's electronic toys project, whose convocation was held on 23 November 2024?
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Correct answer: B — 15
PIB (MeitY): the convocation was for the 1st batch of 15 young engineers; separately, Toys Zone offered appointment letters to 10 of them.
Who received the Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Lifetime Achievement Award presented in the President's presence on 23 November 2024?
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Correct answer: A — Gulzar
PIB (President's Secretariat): the President specially congratulated Gulzar on getting the Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Lifetime Achievement Award.
At Sahitya Aaj Tak on 23 November 2024, President Murmu asked the organisers to encourage the literature of underprivileged classes. What term did she use for it?
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Correct answer: D — Subaltern literature
PIB (President's Secretariat): she requested the group to encourage the literature of other underprivileged classes, called subaltern literature.