Current Affairs 12th October 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Tata Trusts in?
a) Cyrus Mistry
b) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
c) Noel Tata
d) Rajesh Gopinathan

Answer: c) Noel Tata
2. When is the International Day of the Girl Child celebrated?
a) October 5
b) October 11
c) October 20
d) October 30
Answer: b) October 11

3. What is India's current repo rate as decided by RBI in?

a) 4.25%
b) 5.75%
c) 6.50%
d) 7.00%
Answer: c) 6.50%

4. hich South Korean author won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Han Kang
b) Kim Young-ha
c) Hwang Sok-yong
d) Shin Kyung-sook
Answer: a) Han Kang

5. On which date did Ratan Tata pass away in?

a) October 7
b) October 9
c) October 10
d) October 11
Answer: b) October 9

6. Which Indian sector contributes 2.3% to the country's GDP as of?

a) Agriculture
b) Textiles
c) Pharmaceuticals
d) Information Technology
Answer: b) Textiles

7. Who launched the ADITI 2.0 and DISC 12 initiatives in India in?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Piyush Goyal
d) Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: b) Rajnath Singh
8. Which organization declared that India has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem?
a) UNICEF
b) WHO
c) Red Cross
d) ICMR
Answer: b) WHO

9. Which organization won the Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Nihon Hidankyo
b) Greenpeace
c) United Nations
d) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Answer: a) Nihon Hidankyo

10. In which state did the BJP retain power in the assembly elections?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Answer: b) Haryana